Ukraine is to mark its independence day with a large military parade in Kiev, as fighting in the east rages around the city of Donetsk.

Thousands of demonstrators march peacefully through New York's Staten Island in protest at the chokehold death of a black man by a white policeman.

A stray dog was rescued from a busy Los Angeles highway after motorists worked together to capture the animal.

More than 300 Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors of the Holocaust condemn Israel's "genocide" of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The US military has yet to offer imprisoned Wikileaks leaker Chelsea Manning sex change treatment despite medical recommendations, her lawyer says.

Three people convicted of an attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square are among eight executed in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, state media say.

Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse dies after being hit by an object thrown from the stands during a game in Algeria.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 has shaken northern California, says the US Geological Survey, but no serious injuries are reported.