Three people were killed and 25 injured during armed clashes between students at King Hussein bin Talal University's campus in Maan, Jordan, on April 29, Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein Majali said, AFP reported.

A Russian civilian plane was threatened when it flew over rocket fire in Syria on April 29, the Russian Transportation Ministry said, AP reported.

A French special forces soldier was killed and two more were injured during a reconnaissance mission in northeastern Mali on April 29 when their vehicle was hit by an explosion, according to a statement by the French ministry of defense.

A civilian cargo aircraft crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, killing all seven crew members, the U.S.-led military coalition said in a statement April 29, AP reported.

Security forces clashed with Islamist militants in Borno state's town of Bama, leaving at least seven policemen and 10 insurgents dead, a military official said April 29, AP reported.

A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, killed at least eight individuals, including an Afghan official, authorities said April 29, AP reported.

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.