Africa

• The presidents of Congo and Rwanda are meeting in Uganda for crisis talks after M23 rebels seized the Congolese city of Goma.

• The United Nations reported that new H.I.V. infections are falling particularly dramatically in Southern Africa. 

• Thirteen people were shot in the Kenyan town of Garissa amid Somali-Kenyan tensions. 

Asia

• India hanged the surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.  

• A South Korean judge sentenced activist Park Jung-geun to a suspended 10-month prison term for retweeting North Korean posts.  

• Two suicide bombers killed two Afghan security guards in Kabul.

Europe

• Eurozone finance ministers failed to reach a deal on providing more aid to Greece. 

• The Church of England's synod rejected the appointment of female bishops. 

• A British court sentenced UBS trader Kweku Adoboli to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of fraud. 

Middle East

• An Amnesty International report accused Bahrain of failing to implement reforms and increasing repression.

• Gunmen assassinated the police chief of the Libyan city of Benghazi.

• A military plane crash in the Yemeni capital killed 10 people.

Americas

• Bolivia enforced a curfew as part of its first census in more than a decade.

• Mexico and the United States struck a deal to share water from the Colorado River.

• Trade unions in Argentina held their first general strike against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.