Craig Taylor

Syrian government troops move into previously rebel-held areas of Homs – once a hub of the revolution – after the evacuation of rebel forces.
BBC News – Middle East

Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina say the country is “sick with violence” and compare corruption to a cancer “causing injustice and death”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The French and German leaders threaten further sanctions against Russia if Ukraine’s presidential election fails to go ahead as planned.
BBC News – Europe

Gary Barlow and two fellow Take That band members could have to pay back millions of pounds after a tribunal judge found a scheme they invested in was set up for tax avoidance.
BBC News – UK

Thousands of unidentified remains from the 9/11 attacks have been returned to ‘Ground Zero’ in a ceremony, amid concern from some relatives.
BBC News – US & Canada

An “outraged” US First Lady Michelle Obama says the mass kidnap of Nigerian schoolgirls is part of a pattern of threats to girls’ education globally.
BBC News – Africa

The Co-op Group is set to see its 30% stake in the Co-op Bank reduced further under a plan to raise £400m to shore-up the bank’s finances.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces retake control of the Old City of Homs – once a focus of the revolution – after the evacuation of rebel troops.
BBC News – Middle East

A policeman has been shot dead in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after security forces broke up protest camps, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia displays its military might during an expanded Victory Day parade, amid a surge of patriotism over its Crimea annexation.
BBC News – Europe

A group of MPs expresses “considerable concern” at a plan to allow the tax authority to settle unpaid demands by taking money from people’s bank accounts.
BBC News – UK

The US House of Representatives votes to create a panel to investigate the White House response to the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
BBC News – US & Canada

Secretary of State John Kerry says a US team is set to start work in Nigeria to help find some 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram militants.
BBC News – Africa

Barclays is expected to announce as many as 15,000 job cuts in its strategy announcement due on Thursday, according to BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed.
BBC News – Business

Syrian rebels leave the last opposition-held enclaves in Homs, ending three years of resistance in the “capital of the revolution”.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia says it has raided an office that illegally intercepted rebel and government communications to try to undermine ongoing peace talks in Cuba.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

In an apparent policy shift, Russia’s president describes Ukraine’s election on 25 May as a step “in the right direction”.
BBC News – Europe

The UK is to send a small team of experts to Nigeria to help efforts to find 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.
BBC News – UK

Hollywood stars are staying away from a famous hotel after the owner, Brunei’s government, introduced a harsh Islamic penal code.
BBC News – US & Canada

Girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai says the world must not stay silent over the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria.
BBC News – Africa