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A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting the Texan city of Austin is dead after a major police operation, officials say.

A former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy is facing questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

World leaders are congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election for a new six-year term as Russian president, but so far no Western leaders have responded to his victory.

Moscow has vowed there will be a swift response to the expulsion of 23 of its diplomats by Britain.

Germany's parliament has confirmed Angela Merkel as the country's next leader. The conservative Merkel will govern in a grand coalition with the Social Democrats. But the vote margin was very tight - a mere 9 votes.

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.

US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo.

Five people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the East River of New York City on Sunday evening, police say.

China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life.

North Korea agreeing to discuss denuclearisation "is evidence that President [Donald] Trump's strategy to isolate the Kim regime is working," US Vice-President Mike Pence has said.