Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he is "deeply outraged" by events at opposition protests in Kiev which were violently dispersed by police.

Bedouin Arabs living in Israel have been protesting in the Negev Desert and towns and cities over government plans to resettle them.

The US urges North Korea to release American Merrill Newman, after official media there say he confessed to "crimes against the state".

Polls are due to open in Croatia for a controversial referendum on proposals to ban same-sex marriages.

Colombia's biggest rebel group, Farc, accepts a challenge from national football hero Carlos Valderrama to play a match for peace.

Paul Walker, who starred in the Fast & Furious action film series, has been killed in a car crash in California, his publicist says.

US film actor Paul Walker who starred in Fast & Furious killed in car crash in California, publicist confirms

Troops are deployed in the Thai capital Bangkok to support riot police shielding official buildings from anti-government protesters.