• Northern Mali conflict:
  • French officials announce that a soldier was killed in action during contact with Islamic militants over the weekend. It is France's third casualty since operations began in Operation Serval. (BBC)
  • France claims that it is "probable" that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb chief Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in Mali in late February. (AP via Navy Times)
• March 2013 Karachi bombing:
  • Gunmen shoot and kill two people returning from a funeral for victims of the bombing. (AP via ABC News)
• 2013 Lahad Datu standoff:
  • The death toll in Malaysia rises to 26 as conflict between people claiming to follow the Sultanate of Sulu and Malaysian Armed Forces continue. (Time)
• 2012–2013 Egyptian protests:
  • Five people die in clashes between protestors and Egyptian police. (BBC)
• Akashat ambush:
  • At least 40 Syrian soldiers are killed in ambush in Western Iraq. (BBC)

• Queen Elizabeth II returns to Buckingham Palace after spending one night in hospital. (BBC)

• Forbes releases its annual list of the world's wealthiest people, with Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim topping the list for the fourth year in a row. (USA Today)
• Latvia applies to enter the eurozone in 2014, in a move which could see it become the 18th member of the bloc. (BBC)

• At least 11 children are killed after a school bus collides with a truck in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. (NDTV)
• 2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation crash: A Fokker 50 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation crashes in poor weather at Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nine people were in the aircraft, a crew of five and four passengers. At least three people survived the accident. (Bloomberg) (News24) (BBC) (Reuters)
• At least 9 people die after heavy snowfall hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend. (BBC) (CNN) (The Guardian)

• Kenyan general election, 2013:
  • Voters in Kenya go to the polls for a general election with police issuing reports warning of possible violence. (BBC) (AP via Business Week)
  • At least 17 people are killed in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya, and surrounding areas. (Reuters) (RTE)
• Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela is suffering from a new severe respiratory infection as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery conducted in Cuba. (Reuters)

• Papal conclave, 2013: More than 100 Roman Catholic cardinals meet in Rome to start the process of selecting a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (CNN)

• A newly observed near-Earth asteroid 2013 EC passes Earth within the orbit of the Moon. (Universe Today)
• Scientists announce they have directly measured the polarization of light, overcoming aspects of the uncertainty principle. (Science World Report)