WORLD

Walt Disney Company to stop funding Boy Scouts of America in 2015 over anti-gay policy banning homosexual adult leaders.

Russia's state gas producer Gazprom says it may increase gas prices after the first quarter.

Obama to impose economic and political pressure on Russia after Crimea invasion.

Ukrainian government in Kiev accuses Moscow of declaring war by sending troops into Crimean peninsula.

Officials said the wall of a tomb collapsed in the necropolis of Porta Nocera in the early hours of Sunday.

Trial of Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with the planned murder of his girlfriend, has begun in South Africa (3 March, 8am GMT).

Elderly Hong Kong resident was found with Bible literature in Buddhist temple.

Kerry to meet interim officials to show solidarity for Ukraine's 'sovereignty independence and territorial integrity.'

G8 partners condemn Moscow's military build up in Ukraine as Medvedev warns of fresh bloodshed to oust Kiev's interim government.

Hundreds of thousands march against plan to force them to join military.

Islamist fundamentalists Boko Haram believed responsible for wave of bombs and gun attack in Nigeria.

Saudi female activists deliver petition calling for an end to complete male authority over women.

Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin says she predicted trouble brewing in Ukraine back in 2008.

Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatseniuk issues 'red alert' and says country is on 'brink of disaster'.

Children as young as 11 lured by promise of better jobs but end up enslaved and living on a pittance.

Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America say Disney's decision will impact ability to help children.

US, European and Asian world leaders call for restraint as Russia deploys further 15,000 troops in Ukraine.

Sharp increase in asylum requests since Viktor Yanukovich's removal.

Chinese officials blame separatists from Xinjiang for Kunming knife massacre that left 33 people dead and 130 wounded.

Xinjiang separatists blamed for bloodbath at railway station.

Nato's North Atlantic Council set to hold emergency meeting following Kiev's request as Ukrainian forces remain on full combat alert.

Foreign Secretary William Hague: We condemn any act of aggression against Ukraine

Remains of at least nine people uncovered in family garden in former Sri Lankan war zone.

Gang of men goes on stabbing rampage in Kunming station, leaving 27 dead.

Russian President wins backing of parliament for troop deployment in neighbouring Ukraine.

Scientific experts ridicule Egyptian military leaders' claim to have developed Aids cure that turns disease into kebabs.

A French woman will marry her dead boyfriend two years after he died of a heart attack.

Chinese People's Daily Shoot the Devils game targets war criminals honoured in Yasukuni shrine.

Chinese police arrest 1,000 child traffickers in crackdown on bogus internet adoption sites.