The United States and Iran on Saturday concluded a second round of high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, agreeing to meet again in a week's time, the Iranian foreign ministry said.
Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement.
Gunmen have killed 17 people in Nigeria's central state of Benue, police said Friday, the latest flare-up of intercommunal violence to hit the region in recent weeks.
Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Clashes between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army have killed at least 57 civilians in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, a medical source and a volunteer aid group said Thursday.