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Another 234 women and children are rescued from Boko Haram Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria, the country’s military announces.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 30, 2015 – Oklahoma City Thunder forward Nick Collison underwent a successful arth
Oklahoma City Thunder

Growth in the UK manufacturing sector slowed sharply in March, according to a closely-watched economic survey.
BBC News – Business

Saudi troops have repelled a major attack on their border by Houthi rebels from Yemen, Saudi state media says.
BBC News – Middle East

A group of 26 former heads of state and governments demands that the Venezuelan government release jailed opposition leaders.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Aviation giant Airbus says it will file a criminal complaint over allegations in the media that German spies helped the US carry out industrial espionage.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg are put on the spot over post-election deals and their economic records in a Question Time leaders special.
BBC News – UK

Baltimore police say officers transporting Freddie Gray made a previously undisclosed stop, as protesters rally in several cities.
BBC News – US & Canada

A South African court grants a terminally ill man the right to die, in a landmark ruling on assisted suicide.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 30, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder named Billy Donovan the team’s new head coach, it was announce
Oklahoma City Thunder

The US Federal Reserve keeps its target interest rate at a record low at the end of a two-day policy meeting.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia’s new king announces a major cabinet reshuffle, appointing his nephew Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as the new crown prince.
BBC News – Middle East

As the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile again spews ash following two eruptions last week, people are evacuated from the surrounding towns.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Russian spacecraft delivering supplies to the International Space Station is out of control and will fall back to Earth, unnamed officials say.
BBC News – Europe

A British survivor of the earthquake in Nepal speaks of his narrow escape from death, as he is reunited with his family in the UK.
BBC News – UK

US justices appear sharply divided over whether a execution drug can be used after arguments at the Supreme Court.
BBC News – US & Canada

UN peacekeepers in Mali repel a rebel attack on Timbuktu for the second time in two days, amid an increase in fighting in the north.
BBC News – Africa

The rate of UK economic growth halved in the three months to the end of March, official figures show, marking the slowest quarterly growth for two years.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (IS) and foiled several plots, the interior ministry says.
BBC News – Middle East

The city of Salvador in north-eastern Brazil is hit by deadly landslides, leaving 14 people dead and hillside homes swept away.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean