- US to open embassy in Jerusalem in May for Israel’s 70th anniversary
- Deadly double car bombings rock Somalia's Mogadishu
- Trump announces ‘heaviest sanctions ever’ on North Korea
- Soldiers, civilians killed in spate of attacks in Afghanistan
- Egypt presidential race kicks off with Sisi poised to win
- Kurdish courts put former Islamic State group fighters on trial
- Syrian teen's war selfies draw attention and criticism
- Several killed, dozens wounded in Yemen car bombings
- Thousands march in rival far-right, anti-fascist protests in Italy
- Romanian debut film about sexual intimacy wins top prize at Berlin film festival
- UN Security Council unanimously backs 30-day humanitarian ceasefire in Syria
- US imposes ‘heaviest sanctions ever’ on North Korea
- Dozens killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan
- Anti-terrorist trials in Kurdish Syria