Craig Taylor

The brother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says he wants to take part in the probe into police records after a report showed officers spied on his family.
BBC News – UK

A US Army captain weeps as she tells a court that a general made her perform oral sex on him and threatened to kill her family if she told anyone.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan threatens to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tries to export oil from a rebel-controlled port.
BBC News – Africa

Chaori Solar becomes the first Chinese firm to default on its onshore corporate bonds, say media reports quoting the firm, after failing to make an interest payment.
BBC News – Business

The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela expels Panama’s ambassador and three others as President Nicolas Maduro accuses the country of meddling amid ongoing opposition rallies.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s interim PM says “no-one in the civilised world” will recognise Crimea’s referendum on joining Russia, as Moscow backs the vote.
BBC News – Europe

The head of the Met Police says a report which found officers had spied on the family of murdered Stephen Lawrence is devastating for his force.
BBC News – UK

The US economy added 175,000 jobs in February, figures show, but the unemployment rate rose to 6.7%.
BBC News – US & Canada

The International Criminal Court finds Congo militia leader Germain Katanga guilty of complicity in war crimes but acquits him of sexual offences.
BBC News – Africa

The chief executive of the oil company Shell says he would like Scotland to “remain part of the UK”.
BBC News – Business

Israel says it has seized a ship carrying advanced Iranian weapons made in Syria that was heading towards the Gaza Strip.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro breaks diplomatic relations with Panama over its request for the OAS to discuss the crisis in Venezuela.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU leaders will hold an emergency summit to decide how strongly to respond to Russia’s troop deployment in Ukraine’s Crimea region.
BBC News – Europe

Plans to cut soldiers could leave the Army “short of personnel” and unable to meet future national security needs, a report by MPs warns.
BBC News – UK

Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is accused of using the “murderous power of his words” to rally people against the US, as his trial opens in New York.
BBC News – US & Canada

A witness at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius says the South African athlete was responsible for a weapon being fired at a restaurant last year.
BBC News – Africa

Global stock markets steady on Tuesday, with Russia’s main share index up more than 5%, as the country says it may abandon the US dollar as a reserve currency.
BBC News – Business

Syria submits a new plan for the removal of its chemical weapons, months after the expiry of the deadline set by the international community.
BBC News – Middle East

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Venezuela to hear the demands of anti-government protesters and talk to the opposition.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean