• Islamic State Bombs Kill 80, Injure Dozens in Deadliest Baghdad Attacks This Year

  Three suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State across Baghdad killed at least 80 people on Wednesday, Iraqi police and hospital sources said, in the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.

  

• Donald Trump Experiences Major Surge In Support, Almost Even with Hillary Clinton Among US Voters

  Donald Trump's support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a dramatic turnaround since he became the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

  

• Queen Elizabeth: Chinese Officials 'Very Rude' State Visit To Britain

  Queen Elizabeth has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were "very rude" during a state visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping that London had said would herald a "golden era" in relations with Beijing.

  

• Islamist Leader Hanged by Bangladesh Police for Rape, Genocide

  Bangladesh hanged Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said, risking an angry reaction from his supporters.

  

• Obama to Make Historic Visit to Hiroshima, But Will Not Apologize for World War II Atomic Bombing

  Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologize for the United States' dropping of an atomic bomb on the city at the end of World War Two, the White House said on Tuesday.