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Current events of May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani, is rescued in a joint operation by US and Afghan forces three years after he was kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

Disasters

At least 50 are killed in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ethiopia. (FOX News)

Law and crime

Munich knife attack
- One person is killed and several others injured in a knife attack at the Grafing station, a station of the Munich S-Bahn system in Germany. The alleged assailant has been arrested. Witnesses report this was an Islamist attack. (NBC News) (Sky News)

Politics and election

Philippine presidential election, 2016
- Rodrigo Duterte continues to lead in the presidential race, while Leni Robredo leads Bongbong Marcos by a small margin in the vice presidential race. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
United States presidential election, 2016, United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2016, United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
- Voters in the state of West Virginia head to the polls to vote in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. Voters in the state of Nebraska vote in the Republican presidential primary with Donald Trump just 169 delegates short of securing the nomination. (New York Daily News) (Lincoln Journal Star)

Science

NASA confirms that 1,284 objects discovered by its Kepler spacecraft are in fact exoplanets. (The Verge)

Sports

London football club West Ham United F.C. play the final match of their 112-year stay at the Boleyn Ground, before moving to the city's Olympic Stadium. (BBC)

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