At least 76 people were killed in Yemen today as Saudi-led warplanes pounded rebels heading to bolster an assault on loyalists in Aden and fighting raged in Taez, officials said. At least 20 rebels were killed, and two tanks and four armoured vehicles destroyed, in the overnight air strikes on …

French President Francois Hollande will discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24. A source in Hollande’s office said April 17 that Putin and Hollande will attend a ceremony in Yerevan marking the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry on Thursday called on Malian parties to sign the peace agreement signed on March 1 in Algiers by the Malian government and three Malian armed groups, saying it is the best way to achieving peace and national reconciliation in Mali.