One of Libya's most senior energy officials, Opec representative Samir Salem Kamal, is released more than two weeks after being kidnapped.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar sign a deal, committing to end the conflict that has devastated the country.

Australian journalist Peter Greste, freed from prison in Egypt on Sunday, will not rest until two colleagues are also released, his family says.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the owners of an unnamed chain of shops have been arrested for artificially creating long queues.

Police in Thailand investigate two bomb blasts outside a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok, the first such incident since a military coup in May.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he has not considered resigning, despite a slump in popularity and growing questions about his leadership.

The first large-scale trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus are due to begin in Liberia.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May, India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announces during her three-day visit to Beijing.