World News Update, what you need to know

PRETORIA - Graphic photos of Oscar Pistorius' blood-splattered home have been presented at his trial, with the prosecution arguing the nightmare scene shows he and Reeva Steenkamp fought before she died.

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LONDON - The late Princess Diana leaked a royal phone directory to the now defunct News of the World tabloid, its former royal editor has told Britain's phone-hacking trial.

WASHINGTON - A US naval ship is headed from the Gulf of Thailand to the Strait of Malacca as efforts to find a missing Malaysian airliner shift focus.

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry is warning Russia that Washington and Europe are preparing a tough response to a breakaway vote in Ukraine's Crimea, depending on how Moscow reacts.

KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen on motorbikes in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state have killed at least 69 people in attacks on four villages, a political official says.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Islamic Jihad says an Egyptian-brokered truce has been restored after Israeli warplanes pounded the Strip in response to cross-border rocket fire.

NEW YORK - The death toll from a thunderous gas explosion in New York has risen to seven as rescue workers comb the rubble of two flattened apartment buildings.