Main News of April 18

 

World

 

* One person was killed and at least three others injured when a suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform detonated his explosive device inside the Afghan Defense Ministry building in Kabul

 

* Ukraine and the European Union have "reached an understanding" on an association agreement and certain free trade zone issues, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said

 

 Russia

 

* A Moscow court ordered the closure of a far-right Russian movement

 

* Arms supplies to Libya by Western countries are a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution on the North African state, Russia's permanent envoy to NATO said

 

* A Russian Arbitration Appeals Tribunal has ruled that state-run oil giant Rosneft must provide information on its 2009 board meetings to minority shareholder and blogger Alexei Navalny