INTERNATIONAL

The race for the Republican presidential nomination continues after Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the key state of Florida but lost to John Kasich in Ohio. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton extended her lead with wins in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina. Meanwhile Marco Rubio dropped out of the Republican race after losing in his home state of ...

Belgian security forces are hunting for at least two men after shots were fired at police during a counter-terrorism raid in the capital, Brussels. Three officers were reportedly hurt, one of them severely. Streets in the suburb of Forest have been sealed off . A prosecutor said the raid was linked to the Paris attacks which killed 130 people last ...

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the next president, the first civilian to lead the country after more than 50 years of military rule. Htin Kyaw is a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) party swept to victory in historic elections in November. He beat another NLD candidate and one put forward ...

Hundreds of migrants have crossed from Greece into Macedonia after finding a way through the border fence. Earlier, some 1,000 migrants, including children, left their sprawling camp in the Greek village of Idomeni and crossed a river near the border. Some 14,000 people have been stranded at the camp, where conditions have deteriorated following days of rain. Macedonia last week ...

Thousands of people are protesting in the Polish capital Warsaw as a constitutional crisis between the government and the top court deepens. The government wants to change the way the court works, but the court says the changes are unconstitutional. The government has refused to publish the court’s ruling because to do so would make it binding. Critics say the ...

Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages while fighting rebels, a UN report says. Investigators found that 1,300 women had been raped last year in oil-rich Unity State alone, it said. The army operated a “scorched earth” policy to deliberately target civilians for killing and rape, which amounted to war ...

Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left more than 18,000 dead or missing. A minute’s silence will be held across Japan at 2:46pm (5:46 GMT), the time the quake hit. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito will offer flowers at a memorial ceremony in Tokyo. The magnitude-9.0 quake struck offshore, creating a ...

Pope Francis has brought in new regulations for the Vatican’s process of making saints after allegations of abuses in the system. Two recent books claimed officials get huge payments for investigating candidates for sainthood, with little control over how they spend the money. The new rules mean external oversight of the bank accounts concerned. Pope Francis has made reform of ...

Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has named two candidates, as the country starts the process of selecting a new president. Correspondents say one of them, Htin Kyaw, is almost certain to be elected president by the NLD-controlled parliament. The nominations confirm that NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be president of the country. However, Ms Suu Kyi ...

Macedonia has said it will no longer let any migrants through its border with Greece, effectively blocking the Balkan route north. The decision came after Slovenia barred access to migrants transiting the country. Croatia and Serbia then said they would follow suit. Some 13,000 migrants are now stranded at the Macedonia-Greece border. The moves come after the EU and Turkey ...