Craig Taylor

The US urges other nations to contribute more to the economic rescue of Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin moves to assure the EU it will not cut gas supplies.
BBC News – Business

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