The UN condemns the "Targeted Killings" and wounding of hundreds of civilians based on their ethnic origins in the town of Bentiu after South Sudanese rebels seized the oil hub last week. (Al Jazeera)
Syrian Air Force air strikes in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens of people; 14 others are killed by barrel bombing in the neighborhood of Baeedeen. (Reuters)
According to pro-Russian militants, the bodies of two pro-Russian militants are pulled from the Seversky Donets River in Sloviansk, Ukraine, with both having multiple stab wounds. The claim could not be independently verified. (The Sun)
Thirty suspected al-Qaeda militants and six civilians are killed in a drone strike by the United States in Yemen. (CNN)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye condemns the action of crew members as tantamount to murder. 87 people are known to have died and 238 are missing and presumed dead in the sinking of Sewol ferry on 16 April. (Reuters)
Four more crew members from the ferry are arrested for deserting the vessel as it was sinking. (KDVR)
Thirty-eight-year-old American Meb Keflezighi wins the Boston Marathon men's competition, making him the first American in 31 years to do so. (USA Today)