Brazil says it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt owed by African countries, to boost economic ties with the continent.

Thousands of runners complete the final mile of Boston Marathon, five weeks after they were forced to abandon the race after two bombs exploded.

Three men are arrested in south-east London in connection with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby near Woolwich barracks on Wednesday.

French police are hunting a man who attacked a soldier on patrol with two colleagues in the La Defense business district of Paris on Saturday evening.

The head of India's Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, says she is "devastated" by an attack on party officials in Chhattisgarh, which left 23 people dead.

A state funeral is taking place near Belgrade for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II, and three other members of his family.

The French capital is bracing for a large rally against the new same-sex marriage and adoption act, with 50 arrests on the eve of the protest.

One of the suspects in the Woolwich murder, Michael Adebolajo, was arrested in Kenya in 2010, the UK Foreign Office confirms.