At least three people are shot dead at a Jewish community campus and a retirement home in Kansas City in the US Midwest.

The authorities in Mexico say 36 people have been killed after a bus crushed in Veracruz state in the south-east of the country.

American Bubba Watson clinches his second Green Jacket in three years by winning the 78th Masters at Augusta.

Syria's President Assad claims his government has gained the upper hand in the civil war which has raged for more than three years.

Russia urges Kiev to avoid force in eastern Ukraine, as the UN discusses the crisis hours before a Ukrainian deadline to pro-Russian militants.

US President Barack Obama nominates budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to succeed Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

The military in Venezuela admits it committed "some excesses" during weeks of political unrest that have left 41 people dead.

The trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical cleric extradited from the UK to the US in 2012, is due to start at a federal court in New York.