A zoo in southern China says the only known female member of one of the world’s rarest turtle species has died.

Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children. They fear a measles epidemic that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor.

The Latest on Sudan, where protests forced long-ruling President Omar al-Bashir from power last week (all times local):

Pope Francis is marking Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, which is jammed with tens of thousands of faithful.

The U.N. health agency says ongoing clashes between rival militias for control of Libya’s capital have killed at least 121 people.

An Iranian woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf in a public protest has been sentenced to one year in prison but pardoned by the supreme leader, her lawyer said Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, beating teammate and pole sitter Valtteri Bottas with a quicker start from his No. 2 spot on the grid. It was his sixth victory in the Shanghai race.

Australian police on Sunday charged a man extradited from the United States with murder in the death of a Thai national, whose body was found bound and gagged on the side of a Sydney road.

Organizers of the protests in Sudan that forced long-ruling President Omar al-Bashir from office are calling on the military to 'immediately and unconditionally' hand power to a transitional civilian government that would rule for four years.

In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean’s surface, the Seychelles president on Sunday made a global plea for stronger protection of the 'beating blue heart of our planet.'