Several thousands workers have gathered in front Indonesia's Presidential Palace in Jakarta to commemorate May Day, Antara News reported May 1.

At least four members of the pro-government Awakening Council were killed and 22 were injured May 1 in a suicide attack in the Fallujah district of Anbar province that targeted them as they received their pay, Shafaq News reported.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad visited the Umayyad electrical plant in Damascus on May 1, AFP reported, citing the Syrian presidency's Facebook page.

At least two people were killed May 1 when a suicide bomber detonated himself in a market in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, CNN and Interfax reported.

Three British soldiers were killed April 30 in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device hit their vehicle, the British Ministry of Defense said May 1, Reuters reported.

The United States will send about 10 military personnel to Mali to provide liaison support to French and African troops and 12 soldiers to guard the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, a Pentagon spokesman said April 30, The Washington Post reported.

Cyprus' parliament has approved a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, BBC reported April 30.

Egypt will raise the fees paid by ships passing through the Suez Canal on May 1, a Suez Canal Authority official said, Reuters reported April 30.

China has allegedly sold helicopter gunships to ethnic Wa rebels in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, The Irrawaddy reported April 30, citing Jane's Information Group.