Nigeria's secret police says 21 people have been killed in an attempted jailbreak by detainees at its headquarters in the capital Abuja.

Rescuers have put no time limit on the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, now into its fourth week, says Australian PM Tony Abbott.

A Chinese court begins the trial of former tycoon Liu Han and his "mafia-style gang" on charges of murder and corruption, state media say.

Inflation in the 18-nation eurozone fell to 0.5% in March, marking its lowest rate since November 2009.

The UN's International Court of Justice rules Japan's Antarctic whaling programme is not for scientific purposes, ordering a temporary halt.

The Ebola outbreak that has killed 78 people in Guinea is "unprecedented", medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says.

Kampala mayor Erias Lukwago is ordered out of office by an appeals judge just hours after returning to his post in the Ugandan capital.

"Good night Malaysian 370" were the last words spoken from the cockpit of missing flight MH370, the Malaysian transport ministry says.