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Republican Donald Trump has won two more states, Michigan and Mississippi, in his bid for the White House. In the Democratic race, Bernie Sanders had a surprise victory in Michigan, but Hillary Clinton increased her lead with a big Mississippi win. Ted Cruz has won the Republican-only Idaho contest. Hawaii is also voting. The four states are the latest to ...

Slovenia has introduced new border restrictions for migrants as part of efforts to close the Balkans route from Greece to Western Europe. Only migrants who plan to seek asylum in the country, or those with clear humanitarian needs will be allowed entry. In reaction, Serbia said it would close its borders with Macedonia and Bulgaria to those without valid documents. ...

The UN has expressed concern over a radical EU-Turkey plan to ease the migrant crisis, saying it could contravene international law. Under the plan, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would be returned and for each Syrian sent back, a Syrian in Turkey would be resettled in the EU. The UN’s refugee agency said any collective expulsion of foreigners ...

Malaysia and Australia say they remain “hopeful” that flight MH370 will eventually be found, two years on from its disappearance. The aircraft disappeared between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board. Australian-led search teams are combing a 120,000 sq km (46,330 sq mile) area of the southern Indian Ocean. Only one confirmed piece of ...

  Earlier, Mr Davutoglu said Turkey was “indispensable” for the EU, just as Europe was for Turkey. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she anticipated a “difficult discussion”, as a rift emerged among EU powers on the closure of the main route through the Balkans. A draft summit communique reported by journalists on Sunday declared that “irregular flows of migrants along ...

Turkish and EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two. The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing migrants and stemming the flow. Last year, more than a million entered the EU illegally by boat, travelling mainly from Turkey to Greece. Some 13,000 ...

US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called for a “one-on-one” battle with Ted Cruz, urging other rivals to quit the nomination race. Mr Cruz also suggested it was time for other hopefuls, like Marco Rubio and John Kasich, to step aside. Mr Trump and Mr Cruz won two states each in Saturday’s voting. In the Democratic race, Bernie Sanders ...

Turkey’s biggest newspaper, Zaman, has condemned its takeover by the authorities in a defiant last edition published just before police raided it. Saturday’s edition said Turkey’s press had experienced “one of the darkest days in its history”. Turkish police raided Zaman’s offices hours after a court ruling placed it under state control, but managers were still able to get the ...

US Republican Ben Carson has officially ended his campaign for the presidential nomination for the 2016 election. Speaking to conservative activists, he said: “I’m leaving the campaign trail.” Mr Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, had been a front-runner but his campaign stalled in recent months after he performed badly on foreign affairs and questions about his background story. He has not ...

Turkish police have raided the offices of the opposition Zaman newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control. Police entered the building in Istanbul late on Friday, firing tear gas at protesters who had gathered outside. Zaman is closely linked to the Hizmet movement of influential US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Turkey says Hizmet is a “terrorist” group ...