Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up at a crowded market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least four other people and injuring dozens.

Protests continue for a second day as Haiti's President Michel Martelly seeks a last-minute deal with opposition politicians to hold elections.

Pupils and teachers return to a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar where more than 140 people died in a Taliban attack in December.

Divers have retrieved one of the flight data recorders of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, says officials, but the voice recorder is still missing.

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye says she is willing to hold reunification talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without pre-conditions.

President Francois Hollande is due to chair a crisis meeting amid questions over how known militants were able to launch deadly attacks in Paris.

US Secretary of State John Kerry calls for stronger US-Indian trade ties at an international investor conference ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India this month.

Security forces in India's north-eastern Assam state say they have arrested 39 separatist rebels in connection with last month's attacks which killed more than 70 people.