Simon Furness

The US created a text-message social network designed to foment dissent in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s Federal Security Service detains 25 Ukrainians it accuses of planning terrorist attacks around last month’s Crimean referendum.
BBC News – Europe

The main railway line through Dawlish reopens to passengers after part of the track was destroyed during winter storms.
BBC News – UK

The US Army says there is a “strong possibility” a gunman who killed three people at a base in Texas was involved in a row before the shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

Mali is on alert over the deadly Ebola virus after three suspected cases were reported near the border with Guinea, where 86 people have died.
BBC News – Africa

Mobile phone firm Vodafone says it will create 1,400 jobs by opening 150 new shops in 2014.
BBC News – Business

The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the “devastating milestone” of one million, the UN refugee agency says.
BBC News – Middle East

A 7.6 earthquake rocks northern Chile, a day after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, and forces the visiting president to evacuate.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych calls Russia’s annexation of Crimea “a tragedy” and says he hopes it will one day rejoin Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

Nick Clegg says UKIP peddles “fantasies” but Nigel Farage accuses him of “lying” about the EU, as polls suggest the UKIP leader came out top in the ill-tempered TV debate.
BBC News – UK

A US soldier shoots dead three colleagues before killing himself at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, the scene of a 2009 mass shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

Several bombs near Cairo university kill a police brigadier-general and wound five people, in an attack claimed by the militant group Ajnad Misr.
BBC News – Africa

Business Secretary Vince Cable refuses to apologise over Royal Mail’s sale, despite criticism from the spending watchdog.
BBC News – Business

The US may consider releasing Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, in an effort to save Middle East peace process.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s president says the atrocities committed during 21 years of military rule should not be forgotten, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 coup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nato says it is not seeing a promised Russian troop pullout from the border with eastern Ukraine, as the alliance gives firm backing to Kiev.
BBC News – Europe

A 12-year-old girl dies after a wall inside the building of Liberton High School in Edinburgh collapses and lands on top of her.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama’s healthcare programme is on track to meet its goal of seven million health insurance enrolments, the White House says.
BBC News – US & Canada

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Guinea is limited geographically, says the World Health Organization – contradicting an assessment by a medical charity.
BBC News – Africa

The operator of Britain’s train tracks and stations, Network Rail, announces a five-year plan to invest £38bn in rail infrastructure.
BBC News – Business