Protesters in central Kiev used blazing tyres and rubble to rebuild barricades close to government buildings and parliament early on Thursday (January 23), following the deaths of at least three protesters - two of them from gunshot wounds - the previous day.
European Parliament votes through prostitution report highlighting 'fundamental injustice' of sex industry.
Activists claim more dolphins were killed in secret in Taiji, Japan.
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Violent clashes between police and protesters is leading Ukraine towards civil war.
Woman, 20, 'punished' for love affair with man of different caste in West Bengal.
Opposition issues 24-hour ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych to call for snap elections.
Assad regime and opposition wrangle ahead of peace talks but UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi holds out hope.
A Canadian military ship seized more than 280 kilograms of heroin on Friday (January 17) during routine patrols in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania.
Former HSBC banker is married to Miss Singapore 2003, but doesn't much like other locals
Ethnic conflict in Central African Republic pushes country to verge of genocide.
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Change made to copies on sale in Malaysia to avoid offending Muslims.
As world leaders meet to discuss the future of Syria, the prospects of success are low.
Reuters photographer Gleb Garanich captured riot policemen preparing and throwing a Molotov cocktail during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev.
Indian workers are the happiest lot in Asia.
Study claims Asia's pollution from US-China trade manufacturing is effecting weather in areas such as LA.
Charges of trafficking obscene publications dropped in Uganda gay sex case
World leaders meet in Switzerland to find a solution to three-year conflict in Syria.
Peace talks get off to poor start with row between UN boss and Syrian minister over speech time limit.
London Branch of Russian Pay-By-The-Minute Café Opens
Concrete figure towering over Brazilian city in need to repairs after electrical storm.
25 powerful photographs of the conflict in Syria.
Photo of men's cubicle with two adjacent toilets causes uproar ahead of Russia's Winter Olympics.
Boy saves six relatives from blaze before returning to house for uncle and grandfather
We were harassed, we were beaten, they were having long sticks, a Ugandan woman said.
New clashes broke out between Ukrainian police and protesters in Kiev on Wednesday (January 22) morning, with protesters saying one demonstrator was shot dead by police.
Worries over Arena da Baixada in southern Brazil sharpen ahead of World Cup.
U.S. actor Matt Damon received an award at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday night (January 21) in his capacity as co-founder of water.org.
In pictures: the storm that hit the US, dumping nearly a foot and a half of snow and grounding thousands of flights.