Rescuers work through the night in Syria and Turkey

Efforts are continuing in search for survivors from the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that have left more than 4,300 dead - rescuers are fighting against time to get to those trapped beneath the rubble.

Alarm sounded on North Korea saying that 40 percent of the population is undernourished - this comes as the country continues to suffer from food shortages, says an aid agency.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Mali just days after Mali's military government asked the head of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights division to leave the country.