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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves parliament ahead of general elections expected later this month.

North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park just over the heavily armed border in the North, officials in Seoul said. On Tuesday, Pyongyang announced it would restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material.

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A group of children in China are facing a dangerous journey home from school using an assortment of wooden ladders.

It is confirmed that a fourth series of the TV fantasy drama Game of Thrones will be filmed in Northern Ireland.

Derby fire verdict dominates papers

More people than ever in Northern Ireland are having problems paying their household rates.

The demand from American companies for highly skilled immigrants seems to be up this year. And that could mean something is about to change for the overall economy.

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For years, non-baseball experts have been ringing the death knell for this game. But sports commentator Frank Deford says popular team games are so deeply ingrained in our culture that they're here to stay.

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The largest-ever survey of social class, conducted by the BBC, suggests there are now seven social classes in the UK.

Traditional British social divisions seem out of date, but what has replaced them? Use our calculator to see where you fit in.

The Fighting Irish rallied to beat the Blue Devils 87-76, while giant-killing Louisville beat No. 2 seed Tennessee 86-78. They face rivals Connecticut and California, respectively, in New Orleans on Sunday.

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A 16-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl in woodland in Hampshire, police say.

Freezing temperatures in March made it the UK's joint second coldest since records began more than 100 years ago, the Met Office says.

Drugs that lower cholesterol may be able to prevent one of the most common forms of blindness, according to US researchers.

The US will defend itself and its "treaty ally" South Korea in the face of North Korean threats, Secretary of State John Kerry says.

The BBC's Underground World looks at what it is like to be a commuter in London and Seoul.

Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles speak to tens of thousands of their supporters as the campaign to replace Hugo Chavez begins in Venezuela.

Patients failing to make hospital appointments are costing the eastern region NHS £42m a year, it emerges.

An ex-convict suspected in the death of Colorado's prisons chief shed a parolee monitoring device days before the murder, officials say.

The standard of care provided for people with dementia is "patchy", the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says.