Basketball team the Los Angeles Clippers stages a silent protest following reports that owner Donald Sterling made racist remarks.

Peacekeepers escort a convoy of more than 1,200 Muslims out of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

Saudi Arabia says more than 100 patients infected with the Mers coronavirus have now died since the outbreak began in 2012.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is named PFA Player of the Year, while Eden Hazard is announced as Young Player of the Year.

US President Barack Obama is due to arrive in the Philippines on the fourth and final leg of a tour of South East Asia.

Retail sales in Japan grow at the fastest pace in 17 years in March as consumers rush to make purchases ahead of the sales tax hike in April.

EU diplomats are to meet on Monday to agree which Russian officials should be targeted in further sanctions over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.

At least five people have been killed by tornadoes as a huge storm system sweeps across the central and southern United States.