Seven policemen have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.
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Ukrainian ex-leader vows fightback
Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych has made his first public appearance since being ousted last week, telling a news conference in Russia he would fight for his country.
Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah positions
Jerusalem — Israel has opened a new front in its attempts to halt weapons smuggling to Hezbollah, striking one of the group’s positions inside Lebanon for the first time since the sides fought a war eight years ago. This week’s…
China: Statues get face masks to battle smog
Face masks have appeared on statues around Beijing’s Peking University in an apparent bid to protect them from the smog engulfing the city. With no end in sight for China’s pollution crisis, one student with a sense of humour used…
Ukraine: Gunmen seize Crimea government buildings
Ukraine’s security forces have been put on alert after government buildings in the Russian-majority Crimea region were seized by armed men. The Russian flag had been raised over both buildings in the capital, Simferopol. The local government has said it…
Ukraine Crimea: Rival rallies confront one another
Pro-Kiev and pro-Moscow protesters have scuffled in Ukraine’s Crimea region, as tensions increase following last week’s ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Syrian forces ‘kill many rebels’ in Eastern Ghouta
Syrian government forces have ambushed and killed a large number of Islamist rebel fighters in the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, reports say. Syrian state media says 175 died.
Ukraine ‘disbands elite Berkut anti-riot police’
Ukraine’s acting interior minister has said the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded.
Ukraine is not caught in East-West battle, says US
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Ukraine is not caught in a battle between East and West. Mr Kerry said it was not a zero-sum game and called for all nations to work together to bring stability to Ukraine.…
Documents ‘show Myanmar Rohingya discrimination is policy’
A rights group says it has evidence of Myanmar’s government discriminating against Muslim Rohingya, restricting their movements and family size.
Pakistan air strikes against militants in tribal areas
Pakistan’s military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say.
Egypt interim government resigns unexpectedly
Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government.
Ukraine arrest warrant for fugitive ex-leader Yanukovych
Ukraine has issued a warrant for the arrest of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, the interim interior minister has announced.
Deadly attacks on Thai opposition rallies
An explosion has killed two people and wounded more than 20 others near a protest site in a busy shopping district of the Thai capital Bangkok. One of those who died in the attack near the Central World shopping mall…
Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim Ukraine president
Parliament in Ukraine has named its speaker as interim president. Oleksandr Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday. Mr Turchynov told MPs they had until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Parliament also voted…
Pope Francis appoints 19 new cardinals in Rome ceremony
Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at a ceremony in Rome – the first such appointments of his papacy.
Ukraine president decries ‘coup’, refuses to quit
Ukrainian President Yanukovych has said he has no intention of quitting and has described events in the capital Kiev events as a “coup”.
Ukraine crisis deepens: President’s Kiev offices unguarded
The Kiev offices of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are unguarded, with opposition protesters apparently in full control of the government district, say BBC correspondents. The BBC’s Kevin Bishop says he was able to enter the complex unchallenged. Opposition leaders say…
Ukrainian president and protesters agree early election
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition protesters have agreed to an early presidential poll before the end of the year.
Obama hosts Dalai Lama at White House
US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday, US officials say.
UN should act on atrocities report on North Korea: HRW
Geneva – A new United Nations report has found that crimes against humanity are occurring in North Korea and calls for an international tribunal to investigate and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The report, by a…
India’s Parliament approves 29th state
New Delhi – India’s Parliament has approved a plan to create a 29th state following days of political mayhem, including a melee in which a lawmaker unleashed pepper spray on his colleagues. Members of groups opposed to the division of…
Ukraine: Seventeen protesters killed as EU talks begin
At least 17 protesters have been killed in renewed clashes with police in central Kiev after a truce agreed on Wednesday broke down, eyewitnesses say.
EU Commission launches legal action over UK air quality
The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for failing to deal with air pollution.
India court suspends Rajiv Gandhi murder plotters’ release
India’s Supreme Court has put on hold the release of three of the seven people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, where the plotters are held, ordered the…
North and South Koreans hold rare family reunions
Hundreds of North and South Korean relatives are seeing each other for the first time in decades, at a reunion for families separated by the Korean War. More than 100 mostly elderly South Koreans arrived in the North on Thursday…
Ukraine crisis: Renewed Kiev assault on protesters
Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev have launched a fresh attack on anti-government protesters as the death toll in renewed clashes has climbed to 26.
Rajiv Gandhi murder plotters to be freed
The government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has decided to free three men and a woman convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of…
Ballroom dancers break up Vietnam war protest
Ballroom dancers and aerobics classes have popped up in the midst of an anti-China protest in Hanoi, Vietnam, in an apparent ploy by the government to break up the event. Protesters say the dancers, who showed up with a loud…
Thailand police and protesters clash in Bangkok
Three people have been killed and dozens injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.