At least 90 people, including many children, are killed in a town in Syrias restive province of Homs, opposition activists say, calling it a "massacre".
Four die in a US drone strike in Pakistans tribal region of Waziristan, with officials claiming the dead were militants.
A teenager is arrested after two people are killed and several others wounded in an apparently random shooting in southern Finland.
The Muslim Brotherhoods Mohammed Mursi and old regime figure Ahmed Shafiq will contest Junes Egypt presidential run-off, state media confirm.
The head of Spains fourth-largest bank, Bankia, is explaining why the institution needs 19bn euros of loans from the government.
Britains Engelbert Humperdinck will open the proceedings as 26 countries compete in the final of this years Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan.
Six Colombian soldiers are jailed for killing a man and passing him off as a guerrilla killed in combat, in order to gain extra holiday and promotion.
Singapore holds a keenly-watched by-election to fill a parliamentary seat vacated after an opposition MP was expelled by his party in February.
Russias ruling party is expected to elect the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader at a congress to be held in Moscow.
The man held over the 1979 vanishing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is charged with one count of second-degree murder.
IMF head Christine Lagarde urges Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worried more about the plight of sub-Saharan Africa than the crisis-hit European nation.
Protest have been held across Honduras demanding an end to a series of murders of journalists, amid accusations that criminals enjoy impunity.
One of the final opinion polls ahead of Irelands referendum next week on whether to ratify the EU Fiscal Treaty suggests it is likely to be a yes vote.
Apples boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giants upcoming dividend.
Egypts Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubaraks last PM to "save" the uprising.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation.
Spains fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks for a bailout worth 19bns euros ($24bn; £15bn), and admits that it made a massive loss last year.
The latest round of UN climate talks makes little progress against a "coalition of the unwilling", observers say.
Spains Bankia asks the government for a bailout of 19bn euros ($24bn; £15bn), while the region of Catalonia has already asked for help.
Iran has enriched uranium at more than 20% at its Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog suggests.
A key suspect in an organ-trafficking case in Kosovo is arrested in Israel, European Union prosecutors in Kosovo say.
The Vatican says it has detained a person - said by sources to be the Popes butler - on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to the Italian media.
Norwegian police recount the moments of Anders Behring Breiviks arrest after he shot dead 69 people on Utoeya island last July.
The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate for president is likely to face former PM Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off, after Egypts first free presidential election.
Western nations should lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its President Robert Mugabe, says UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.
A man in Austria shoots his son in the head at a school, leaving the boy critically ill, then flees and dies in an apparent suicide.
The first commercial cargo ship to visit the space station is attached to the orbiting laboratory by a robotic arm.
African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.
The Square Kilometre Array - one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.
South Sudan becomes the 209th member of footballs world governing body, after being voted in by Fifa delegates on Friday.
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