South Ossetia Voters in South Ossetia go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election with ex-KGB officer Leonid Tibilov elected.
Shooting attack U.S. police arrest two men suspected in carrying out a shooting attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that happened the day before, leaving three people dead and two injured. The shootings are being investigated as a hate crime.
Pakistani President The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari arrives in India on the first visit by a Pakistani President in seven years.
2012 Siachen Glacier avalanche Rescuers search for possible survivors of the 2012 Siachen Glacier avalanche that hit a Pakistani Army base and has buried up to 135 people, near the disputed Siachen Glacier.
Internal Affairs Minister of Israel The Internal Affairs Minister of Israel declares German poet and former Waffen-SS soldier Günter Grass, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, a "persona non grata" in a row over his poem "What Must Be Said".
Afghanistan Afghanistan and the United States reach an agreement giving the Government of Afghanistan more control over night raids.
Syrian uprising In his annual Easter message from the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI calls particularly for "an end to the bloodshed" in Syria.
At least 40 people are reported killed across Syria ahead of the Tuesday deadline for Syrian armed forces to withdraw from cities, as part of a peace plan brokered by U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan.