Venezuela's electoral body has said the audit of votes cast in the presidential election will begin May 6, BBC reported April 28. I

Malian security forces have broken up an Islamist cell centered in Bamako belonging to the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, a police source said April 28, AFP reported.

The owner of the factory building that collapsed in Savar, killing more than 370 people, was arrested April 28 while attempting to flee to India, Bangladeshi police said, The Guardian reported, citing agencies.

Syrian rebels have launched a series of attacks on regime-held air bases across the country, the rebels said April 28, United Press International reported.

Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has suspended the licenses of 10 television channels, including Al Jazeera, for allegedly promoting violence and sectarianism, a senior CMC official said April 28, Al Jazeera reported.

Two police officers were shot and wounded outside the Italian prime minister's office while the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta was sworn in April 28, Reuters reported.

The Israeli air force launched a strike against a terror facility and weapons storage site in southern Gaza on April 28 in response to overnight rocket fire on the Sdot Negev Regional Council, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Two explosions outside the campaign offices of two parliamentary candidates killed nine people and injured at least 30 more in northwest Pakistan on April 28, Press Trust of India reported.

Iceland's center-right Independence Party and Progressive Party have each won 19 seats in the country's 63-seat Parliament, preliminary election results showed April 28, AP reported.