The UN said they were investigating whether the mass graves were linked to recent attacks blamed on a local militia group. The graves were found in the restive Ituri province, where violence has flared since December.

A violent insurgency has been ravaging Burkina Faso for almost seven years. The government of Burkina Faso revealed on Tuesday that soldiers had recovered the bodies of 79 victims killed in an attack in the northern province of Seno over the weekend.

The US government said Europe had not done enough to be in compliance with WTO decisions. The EU has called for intensified efforts to resolve the trade dispute.

A team of international forensic experts exhume the remains of 11 people, allegedly belonging to the victims of the 1981 El Mozote massacre, in Cacaopera, El Salvador, as relatives watch the operation and pray.

A 25-year-old has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter after police found the bodies in a truck. Vietnamese families are worried their relatives may be among the dead — as police struggle to identify the victims.