MOKPO, South Korea: South Korean prosecutors indicted four crew members of a ferry on Thursday that capsized in April killing more than 280 passengers for manslaughter, a senior prosecutor said.

STOCKHOLM: Malik Bendjelloul, the acclaimed Swedish film director behind the Oscar-winning music documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" has died. He was 36.

 LAGOS: Nigeria is willing to talk to Boko Haram about securing the release of 223 schoolgirls still held hostage by the Islamists, special duties minister Taminu Turaki said on Tuesday.

TBILISI: A French photojournalist has been killed while on a reporting assignment in conflict-torn Central African Republic, probably in an ambush, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: The United States was flying "manned" missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 abducted schoolgirls as experts pored over a new video seeking clues to where they are being held.

DONETSK: Rebels in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region appealed on Monday to join Russia after what they claimed were resounding victories in independence referendums.

MADRID: Authorities say a local Spanish politician with the country's ruling party has been shot dead on a walkway near her home and two women have been taken into custody.

AKRON (Ohio): Twin girls born with a rare condition in the US were breathing on their own, and their mom said she and her husband were able to hold them on Mother's Day.

BRUSSELS: The European Union is set to step up pressure on Russia on Monday by taking a first cautious step towards extending sanctions to companies, as well as people, linked to Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have offered to shelve a huge waste incinerator project after anti-pollution protestors clashed with the police leaving 39 people including 10 policemen injured.