Mexico bristles at UN criticism over disappearancesThe Mexican government bristled at a UN committee's findings that disappearances are widespread in the country and the authorities lack precise numbers of missing people.
Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine townBattles raged between government forces and pro-Russian rebels for control of a strategic transport hub as the death toll mounted in east Ukraine.
Turnout slumps at anti-Islam LEGIDA march in LeipzigA march by an emergent anti-Islamisation group in the German city of Leipzig failed to drum up much support, with first estimates showing turnout at below 1,000.