U.S. Army paratroopers began military training for small units of the Ukrainian national guard despite Russian warnings that the action could destabilize the country's tenuous cease-fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11592
Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa now owns two Boston Marathon titles, after winning the race in windy and rainy conditions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11584
Rising tensions over the conflict in Yemen appear to be pitting the United States against Iran in a sensitive showdown in the Gulf of Aden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11582
Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists have killed seven people, including four UN workers, by setting off a huge bomb which ripped through a staff bus in the north-eastern town of Garowe. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11591
The Nigerian Pension Commission says 5 billion Naira (~US$25M) are to be invested in infrastructural development. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11579
Microbeads are showing up by the millions in the Great Lakes. Microbeads are millimeter-sized abrasives that are used in beauty products like hand soaps. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11594
A 13-year-old student armed with a crossbow and machete killed a substitute teacher and wounded four other people at his high school in Barcelona, Spain, before being taken into custody. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11585
Six people in Minnesota are being held in a plot to join ISIS. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11605
Jeb Bush, who is expected to enter the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is planning a 'policy trip' in June to Germany, Poland and Estonia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11593
Outstanding payments to Major Oil Marketers in Nigeria could lead to fuel scarcity again. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11578
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