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Islamist militants capture the north-western Syrian city of Idlib for the first time, monitoring groups and jihadists say.
BBC News – Middle East

A Chilean miner who was trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 has lost his home in flash floods in the Atacama desert region.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The co-pilot of the Germanwings Airbus which crashed in the French Alps predicted “one day everyone will know my name”, his ex-girlfriend says.
BBC News – Europe

The father of a British man killed in the Alps air crash urges airlines to look after pilots “properly”, saying the victims of the disaster should “never be forgotten”.
BBC News – UK

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are acquitted by Italy’s top appeals court of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 – the final ruling in the case.
BBC News – US & Canada

Elections in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, are extended to Sunday in some parts of the country after delays and a number of attacks.
BBC News – Africa

Being in the right place at the right time is always good, but that is particularly true in the NBA.
Oklahoma City Thunder

SAN ANTONIO – With a workmanlike approach to Tuesday night’s game, the Thunder simply came in and took care of business
Oklahoma City Thunder

UK housing market activity has “remained subdued”, the Nationwide says, as annual house price growth slows for the seventh month in a row.
BBC News – Business

Yemen’s foreign minister says a “short, sharp” air campaign is needed against Houthi rebels who forced the president to flee abroad.
BBC News – Middle East

A court of appeals in Argentina has upheld a decision to throw out controversial allegations against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

German prosecutors say Alps crash co-pilot Andreas Lubitz hid details of an existing illness from his employers.
BBC News – Europe

Three new investigations into alleged corruption by the Metropolitan Police over claims of child abuse are to be managed by the police watchdog.
BBC News – UK

At least 19 people are injured after an explosion causes two buildings to collapse in New York’s East Village.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Nigerian army says it has retaken the north-eastern town of Gwoza, believed to be the headquarters of Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

SAN ANTONIO – Battling for the first quarter-and-a-half, the Thunder hung in there with the San Antonio Spurs.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The UK’s tax authority has been accused by MPs of failing to properly monitor the system of tax reliefs.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia launches a military operation in Yemen against Houthi rebels to protect “the legitimate government”, the Saudi ambassador in the US says.
BBC News – Middle East

There has been flash flooding in one of the driest regions in the world – Chile’s Atacama desert.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French investigators say the cockpit voice recorder of Germanwings 4U 9525 has usable data, but it has so far yielded no clues to the crash.
BBC News – Europe