Ukrainian protesters have blockaded buildings and camped on Kiev's central square in a bid to oust the government after police brutality and a row over an EU pact plunged the nation into its worst crisis in a decade.
ELSEWHERE:
NEW YORK - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a subway train that derailed, killing four passengers and wounding 67 others, was probably travelling too fast.
GENEVA - Evidence has been uncovered in Syria implicating President Bashar al-Assad and members of his entourage, in war crimes and crimes against humanity, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says.
BANGKOK - A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban for "insurrection" over his attempt to topple the government, police say.
News that makes sense
Your trusted source for staying up-to-date with the world around you. Get free daily news updates and analysis, straight to your inbox.
LONDON - Witnesses who saw the murder of an off-duty British soldier on a London street have described how two suspects repeatedly stabbed the victim with knives and a meat cleaver in a frenzied attack.
PARIS - French police have arrested 45 people in a vast sweep against international arms traffickers.
LONDON - Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson is leading a push for a key figure in the Profumo affair to be exonerated 50 years after he was convicted on pimping charges.
