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Iran insists it will not replace its new envoy to the UN after the US refuses a visa to the diplomat over alleged links to the 1979 hostage crisis.
BBC News – Middle East

A huge police operation to evict hundreds of families from abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro has ended with violent clashes and some injuries.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An exchange of fire breaks out in the eastern Ukraine town of Kramatorsk, says the country’s interior minister, amid continuing pro-Russia protests.
BBC News – Europe

Scotland’s first minister attacks the “miserable, negative and depressing” pro-Union campaign and champions the “positive, uplifting and hopeful” message of independence.
BBC News – UK

The US National Security Agency denies it knew about or exploited the Heartbleed online security flaw.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s government suspends five officials from the wildlife service, amid growing alarm over the poaching of elephants and rhinos.
BBC News – Africa

The Co-operative Bank has confirmed it has made a loss of £1.3bn for 2013 and said it will not pay out £5m to former executives.
BBC News – Business

The US Congress passes a bill that would bar Iran’s pick for UN envoy from entering the country, as the White House signals opposition to the choice.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s president meets opposition leaders in crisis talks aimed at quelling weeks of protests, in which dozens have died.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s interim PM Yatsenyuk offers more powers to the turbulent east, where armed pro-Russian protesters are defying the government.
BBC News – Europe

A man accused of murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bombing is remanded in custody.
BBC News – UK

US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns following problems with the launch of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
BBC News – US & Canada

The prosecutor presses Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial to clarify evidence his home alarm was turned off the night he shot his girlfriend.
BBC News – Africa

Former City minister Lord Myners quits the board of the Co-operative Group following criticism of his plans to reform the troubled mutual.
BBC News – Business

Two car bombs kill at least 25 people in Homs, Syrian state media say, hours after government forces reportedly capture a key town.
BBC News – Middle East

A man who escaped prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico is executed by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine tells pro-Russia activists occupying buildings in eastern cities the situation will be resolved “by negotiations or force” within 48 hours.
BBC News – Europe

Hundreds of millions of pounds have been wasted on Tamiflu, a drug for flu that may work no better than paracetamol, a landmark analysis says.
BBC News – UK

Twenty-two people are wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a Pennsylvanian high school, as a teenager is charged with attempted homicide.
BBC News – US & Canada

Oscar Pistorius breaks down as he is shown a graphic photo of his dead girlfriend on the first day of cross-examination at his murder trial.
BBC News – Africa