Met Office The Met Office confirms Sunday as the coldest Easter Day on record for the United Kingdom. The lowest temperature of –12.5°C is recorded in Braemar in the Scottish Highlands.
Gang Three people are shot and killed and two others are wounded during a gang-related shooting at a party in Merced, California, United States.
District Attorney A suspect is being sought in connection with the slayings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, whose bodies were found at their home in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
2013 Korean crisis 2013 Korean crisis: North Korea vows to retain and improve its nuclear arsenal, and to additionally develop a civilian nuclear power program.
President President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to discuss plans for the Taliban to open an office in Doha in order to help solve the conflict in Afghanistan.
Chinese Two people die in China from H7N9 avian influenza infection – a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans.
Multiple-vehicle collision Three people are killed and more than 25 people are injured in a 100-vehicle pileup near the Virginia-North Carolina border.
2013 Mayflower oil spill 2013 Mayflower oil spill: An Exxon Mobil crude oil pipeline ruptures near the town of Mayflower in the U.S. state of Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels from the tar sands.
South Africa Five members of the South African military are killed when their helicopter crashes while patrolling the Kruger National Park for rhino poachers.
Chinese Two Chinese provinces pass restrictions on house sales designed to dampen a booming housing market.
Nigeria The Nigerian Army kills 14 suspected Boko Haram members in a raid on a building, with the death of one soldier and the capture of a potential suicide bomber in a car full of explosives in the northern city of Kano.
Islam Rebel Islamist fighters attempt to infiltrate Timbuktu, but are repelled by French and Malian forces.
Adnan Wazir A bomb kills two people and injures six others, including Adnan Wazir, a former Member of Parliament of the Awami National Party, in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.