Main news of April 14

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

Belarusian former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, who has been in jail since 2010 on charges of inciting riots after presidential elections, was released on Saturday, Sannikov’s wife, Irina Khalip said

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Saturday the draft resolution to send a group of unarmed observers to Syria to oversee the ceasefire, CNN reported in a live coverage from the 15-nation meeting

The convicted murderer of Ukrainian lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban would not give false testimony implicating jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the killing, his lawyer has said

Six world powers and Iran are meeting in Istanbul on Saturday in a bid to end the deadlock over the country's nuclear program

RUSSIA

Supporters of a losing opposition mayoral candidate, in south Russia’s city of Astrakhan, Oleg Shein, staged a rally on Saturday in his support, RIA Novosti reported

SPORTS

Vladimir Bystrov's diving header and Andrei Arshavin's late volley gave Zenit St. Petersburg a 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow on Saturday to all but seal the Russian Premier League title with five games remaining

A Sergei Kornilenko brace gave Russian Premier League strugglers a 2-1 comeback win over nine-man Amkar Perm on Saturday