The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution on access to humanitarian aid in Syria - the first time it has united on the issue.

Venezuelan police and anti-government activists clash in Caracas, as the opposition continues a campaign of protests against President Maduro.

The last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose life story inspired The Sound of Music, dies at the age of 99.

Gunmen have opened fire on an anti-government rally in eastern Thailand, killing a five-year-old girl and wounding others, amid escalating tensions.

Taliban fighters kill at least 20 Afghan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in Kunar province close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.

Ukraine's parliament speaker says a unity government must be formed by Tuesday, following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych.

Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr is suspended from the Winter Olympics after testing positive for banned drug EPO.

Several people are reported to have been killed by a car bomb near a field hospital in northern Syria, close to the border with Turkey.