Craig Taylor

Saudi Arabia, which is leading an air campaign against rebels in Yemen, has pledged the $ 274m (£183m; €255m) in aid to the country called for by the UN.
BBC News – Middle East

A gun battle leaves three dead on the streets of Reynosa, a Mexican city on the border with the US that has been plagued by drug cartel violence.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pope Francis urges the EU and international community to do more to tackle the rising number of migrants making desperate journeys across the Med.
BBC News – Europe

Six people arrested by UK police over alleged terror offences after a group was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border are released without charge.
BBC News – UK

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should spend life in prison without parole, write the parents of the youngest victim of Boston marathon attack
BBC News – US & Canada

President Jacob Zuma visits migrant workers who have fled xenophobic attacks, saying the violence goes against South African values and must end.
BBC News – Africa

The season may not have ended the way Russell Westbrook wanted it to, missing the playoffs, but the Thunder point guard laid it all on th
Oklahoma City Thunder

End-of-season player interviews spilled over into the afternoon on Thursday and into Friday morning, where Dion Waiters and Mitch McGary
Oklahoma City Thunder

UK unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate since July 2008, official figures have shown.
BBC News – Business

A video showing desperate attempts by doctors to save three children after an apparent chlorine gas attack in Syria moves UN Security Council members to tears.
BBC News – Middle East

Pope Francis announces his first visit to Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador in July, with leaders from host countries welcoming the news.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Thousands of people, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are attending a memorial service for the Germanwings plane crash victims.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron urges Ed Miliband to rule out co-operating with the SNP, after the Labour leader rejects any coalition deal during Thursday’s TV debate.
BBC News – UK

An Ohio man who travelled to Syria to fight with al Nusrah Front has been charged over alleged plans to carry out a terror attack in the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Foreign-owned shops in South Africa are attacked and looted overnight in Johannesburg, despite thousands rallying against xenophobia on Thursday.
BBC News – Africa

Less than 12 hours after landing back in Oklahoma City to a throng of Thunder fans at the airport, Head Coach Scott Brooks and veteran pl
Oklahoma City Thunder

S&P downgrades Greece’s credit rating saying it expects its financial commitments will be “unsustainable”.
BBC News – Business

The UN says not enough is being done to save the lives of migrants in the Mediterranean, with 400 feared drowned after their boat capsized.
BBC News – Middle East

The treasurer of Brazil’s governing Workers Party, Joao Vaccari, is arrested in connection with a massive corruption scandal at oil giant Petrobras.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A shipwreck in which about 400 migrants are feared dead off Libya was caused by excitement at the arrival of rescue ship, survivors say.
BBC News – Europe