The Russian air force and Syrian military are preparing a joint operation to take Aleppo from rebels, the Syrian prime minister was quoted saying on April 10, and an opposition official said a ceasefire was on the verge of collapse.

Rival sides in Yemen's year-long conflict began a tentative truce overnight on April 10 saying they were committed to the halt in hostilities despite pockets of deadly fighting in the hours leading up to it.

A huge fire swept through a temple in southern India early on April 10, killing more than 60 people and injuring 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the Hindu new year.

British Prime Minister David Cameron published his tax records on April 10 in an attempt to draw a line under questions about his personal finances raised by the mention of his late father in the Panama Papers for setting up an offshore fund.

US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested that Afghanistan's national unity government could continue beyond September, a step that could irk the opposition even as he attempts to avert a brewing political crisis.

The main identified suspects in Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels are now dead or in custody after Belgian investigators charged two men on APril 9 with aiding last month's Brussels suicide bombers.

Panama will focus on diplomacy with France following a standoff over a mass data leak dubbed the "Panama Papers," President Juan Carlos Varela said after speaking with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.

Two ferries carrying more than 120 migrants returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on April 8, in the second round of arrivals under an EU deal with Ankara to stem mass migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.

Belgian police detained two key suspects on April 8 in the Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels as operations go on to track down militants who have fought with or take direction from leaders in Syria.

Pope Francis issues one of the most eagerly awaited documents of his pontificate on April 8, a treatise on marriage and the family following two gatherings of Catholic bishops that exposed divisions in the Church.