South African church wall caves in, killing at least 13 — A church building in eastern South Africa partially collapsed at the start of the Easter weekend, killing at least 13 people and injuring 16, during heavy rainfall that caused flooding, power outages and structural damage. A wall caved in at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Dlangubo, a small village in KwaZulu-Natal province, Thursday night, according to an emergency medical services spokesman. Twelve of those killed in South Africa were women, and the 13th was a boy, according to Siphamandla Goge, a reporter with ENCA television who was in the village Friday.

ISIS claims 1st attack in Democratic Republic of Congo — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack against a unit of soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, planting a flag in a region already troubled by violence and an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Eight soldiers were killed in the attack, which took place Tuesday, according to Congolese officials. Islamic State propagandists claimed responsibility, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamic State announcements. It was the first time ISIS has asserted responsibility for an attack in Congo, a vast country where the central government has limited reach and where rebel groups have proliferated.

Northern Ireland journalist killed in ‘terrorist incident’ — The police in Northern Ireland blamed militants opposed to British rule there for the killing of a young journalist who was covering a night of violent unrest in Londonderry. “We are treating this as a terrorist incident, and we have launched a murder inquiry,” an assistant chief constable said of the fatal shooting of the journalist, Lyra McKee, 29. Police attributed the violence and the killing to the New Irish Republican Army, a militant republican group formed several years ago. The violence took place after the police started carrying out searches because of concerns that militant republicans were storing firearms and explosives.

Trump endorses an aspiring Libyan strongman — President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly reversed U.S. policy toward Libya, issuing a statement publicly endorsing an aspiring strongman in his battle to depose the U.N.-backed government. The would-be strongman, Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise attack on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, more than two weeks ago. Relief agencies said more than 200 people had been killed, and in recent days Hifter’s forces have started shelling civilian neighborhoods. Most Western governments and the UN have condemned the attack and demanded a retreat, but Trump had called Hifter on Monday to endorse his counterterrorism campaign, the White House said in a statement.

U.K. to begin age checks for viewing online porn — Young Britons soon will need a “porn pass” or otherwise prove they are at least 18 to watch pornography online. Beginning July 15, anyone who wants to watch an online porn site will have to submit official forms of identification, including passports, driver’s licenses or credit card information, to demonstrate that they are at least 18. They will also be able to go to designated shops to obtain a “porn pass.”

Raniya Wright, 10, died of natural causes — The death of Raniya Wright, the 10-year-old girl who collapsed after a fight at her South Carolina elementary school in March, was caused by a medical condition she was born with, officials said Friday. According to a study by forensic pathologists at the Medical University of South Carolina, Raniya had a condition called arteriovenous malformation, a tangle of abnormal blood vessels in the brain, and died after one of them ruptured. There was no sign that the fight contributed to her death, said Duffie Stone, a county prosecutor who said he would not be filing any charges.

Heiress pleads guilty in ‘sex cult’ case — Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune, was among the most high-profile members of a cultlike organization in which some women were branded and compelled to have sex with the leader. Her wealth helped finance the group, known as NXIVM. But Friday afternoon, Bronfman, 40, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn to charges arising from an indictment filed last year against her and several other followers of the group’s leader, Keith Raniere. “I am truly remorseful,” Bronfman told Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis as she pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal and harbor an undocumented immigrant for financial gain, and fraudulent use of identification.