Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on April 9 demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear program is concluded.

Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 as early as this weekend, facing no substantial competition but needing to get her organization in place for the long battle to come.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced several changes to his cabinet on April 8, designed to strengthen the country’s leadership before the upcoming general election.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's conviction on April 8 came as a relief to residents of the city, though many expressed mixed feelings over whether the 21-year-old should be put to death for his crimes.

Indonesian and US navies are conducting an annual sea surveillance manoeuvre in Batam waters from April 6-10 to enhance the capacity of the Indonesian Task Force.

The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with Iran in neighboring Yemen, a senior US diplomat said on April 7.

The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to Syria’s Yamuk Palestinian refugee camp as residents described fleeing in terror after the arrival of jihadists of the Islamic State group.

A power line broke loose at an electrical substation near Washington on April 7, briefly dimming the White House, emptying museums and cutting electricity to government buildings and the US Capitol for hours.

Diplomatic officials from six countries sharing the Mekong-Lancang River met for the first time in Beijing on April 6 to discuss sustainable development cooperation. 

The Kenyan air force has destroyed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, it said on April 6, in the first major military response since the Islamist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week.