Herve Ladsous painted a grim picture to the UN Security Council of the upsurge in fighting in Darfur's Jebel Marra area.

The envoy from Russia, Vitaly Churkin, said plundered antiquities were largely smuggled through Turkish territory.

Members of the Strass sex workers' union say it will affect the livelihoods of prostitutes, estimated to number between 30,000 and 40,000.

Azerbaijan kept violating the agreement on maintaining ceasefire on the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh on April 6.

British Prime Minister David Cameron also faced another day of questions about his finances.