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A delegation from the African Union (AU) will on Wednesday begin assessing the political and security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of the continental bloc’s effort to return that country to constitutional rule after a one-year transitional period, says AU spokesman Eloi Yao.

World leaders have called on the Ukrainian government and protesters to stop the bloodshed in Kyiv after clashes between police and protesters in the capital left a number of people dead on both sides. The confrontation escalated late Tuesday after police moved in with stun grenades and water cannon to remove a protest camp in central Kyiv.

China is rejecting the charge of a U.N. human rights inquiry that suggested Beijing was aiding and abetting crimes against humanity by returning defectors to its ally, North Korea.

Australian officials said one asylum seeker was killed and at least 77 wounded during the second riot this week at a detention center in Papua New Guinea.

Negotiators from Iran and a group of world powers meet Tuesday in Vienna to discuss a long-term agreement to ensure Iran's nuclear program is peaceful.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian government is trying to win a military victory over the opposition, and that Russia is enabling President Bashar al-Assad on that path.

Thousands of Thai protesters have surrounded government headquarters in the capital, Bangkok, in defiance of police who have vowed to reclaim sites protesters have occupied for weeks.

Suspected Islamist militants have killed more than 90 Christian villagers in an attack in northeastern Nigeria.

Seven former political detainees from South Sudan will take part in peace talks for the country as a "third party," alongside negotiators for President Salva Kiir's government and opposition forces, including loyalists to former vice president Riek Machar.