Nine residents from two collapsed buildings in Manhattan were unaccounted for by nightfall following a deadly explosion, says mayor Bill de Blasio.
Diplomats have told the UN Security Council that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troops have taken over most of M23’s previously held positions.
The FBI has released pictures and a video of two men suspected of planting the Boston marathon bombs, appealing for help to identify the pair.
Lawyers for the maid who says Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her have demanded a new prosecutor, throwing the case into further disarray.