A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76s aircraft touches down at Perth International Airport after returning from search operations for wreckage and debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia. Underwater sounds detected by a ship searching the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet are consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an Australian official said, dubbing it "a most promising lead" in the month-long hunt for the vanished plane. Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency coordinating the search, warned that it could take days to confirm whether the signals picked up by the Australian navy ship Ocean Shield are indeed from the black boxes that belonged to Flight 370, but called the discovery very encouraging. Photo: AP
A masked man holds Russian national flag above a barricade at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine. A Ukrainian news agency is reporting that pro-Russian separatists who have seized the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk proclaimed the region an independent republic. The activists on Monday also called for a referendum on the sovereignty of the Donetsk region, which borders Russia, to be held no later than May 11, the Interfax news agency reported. Photo: AP
Oscar Pistorius weeps as he listens to evidence by a pathologist in court in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day 2013. Photo: AP
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (R), Party President Rajnath Singh (C) and senior leader Lal Krishna Advani release the party's election manifesto in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo
