Police in Kosovo make more than 140 arrests after ethnic Albanian protesters try to stop traffic from Serbia entering the territory.

Talks between Nigeria's government and union leaders fail to reach a compromise over fuel subsidies, but oil workers will not strike immediately.

Voters in Kazakhstan are due to vote in parliamentary elections, with the poll overshadowed by deadly riots last month.

Italian police investigate the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in which at least three died, as two people are rescued from the vessel.

Guatemala's new President Otto Perez Molina is sworn into office promising "profound change" to restore security in the face of soaring violent crime.

At least nine people are injured as Romanian riot police fire tear gas during clashes with anti-austerity demonstrators in the capital, Bucharest.

A South Korean cargo ship sinks after an explosion on board, killing at least three crew members, the coast guard says.

Beijing criticises as "unreasonable" sanctions imposed by the US on Chinese firm Zhuhai Zhenrong for selling petroleum products to Iran.