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Referendum to decide whether Crimea will remain in Ukraine or break away.

At least 11 killed in bomb attack against polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye warns Japan not to retract apology for wartime sex slavery and prostitution.

As Russian troops reported on ground, President Obama warns Moscow of "destabilising" consequences of military action.

Cath Everett heads to Sun City expecting Las Vegas thrills, but leaves with a rather different impression.

Pro-Russian PM of Crimea Sergey Aksenov orders all armed forces to answer only to him and tells others to flee peninsula.

Russia's Crimea mission fast-tracks issue of passports to Berkut men

US president says 'there will be costs' if Russia chooses armed intervention in Ukraine over Crimea.

The graphic images of the punishment were posted on Twitter and retweeted to Jihadi groups.

Champion racing driver remains in medically induced coma and may never fully recover, fears Oxford University's Dr Tipu Aziz

On 23 February 2014, Russia's Sochi Winter Olympics Medal Tally was first with a total of 13 Gold, 11 Silver and nine Bronze, with Norway coming second and Canada third in the medal table. Russia's neighbour and close ally, Belarus, won a very respectable five Gold. Russia can take much satisfaction in staging a very successful Games.

London advises against travelling to Crimean peninsula after airports seized by armed men

Watch an unflown 500mph Bugatti Veyron Art Deco fighter plane being rebuilt with Kickstarter funding

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are starving to death in the Syrian Yarmouk camp as fighting prevents aid flow.

Asylum seekers crossed Spanish frontier and are sheltering at the Temporary Stay Immigrants Centre (CETI)

Happy St David's Day! Conwy Brewery develops beer that tastes of lamb as Prince Charles tours Wales.

Shanghai authorites have banned the use of a taxi app during peak business times

Viktor Yanukovich has claimed that his luxurious mansion, which held a zoo and a converted ship restaurant, was 'really old' and 'needed renovations'.

Farouq al-Qahtani al-Qatari training militants ready to take up arms after US troops pullout, say analysts.

Swiss authorities have frozen assets of 20 Ukrainians

Ousted Ukrainian president insists that he never gave orders to police to shoot protesters

A four-year-old girl in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand suffers from rare 'brittle bone disease'.

Riot police clash with students brandishing slingshots and home-made weapons.

Nobody overthrew me, says fugitive Ukrainian president after resurfacing in Rostov-on-Don

The Book of Mormon musical's afterlife planet theory is a complete misconception of "exaltation"

Footage emerges of fleet of Russian military helicopters said to be flying toward Crimea's Belbek airport

Liechtenstein puts block on account of deposed president Viktor Yanukovich's administration in money laundering probe

Weeks of torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in Bolivia and Brazil.

World Bank delays loan to Uganda after President Museveni passes anti-gay bill.