Brussels accused Bosnian politicians on Tuesday after negotiations on the Balkan country's bid to join the EU collapsed over the implementation of a key European Court of Human Rights' ruling.

"The result of last night's meeting of the parties' leaders on implementation of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Sejdic and Finci case was so deeply disappointing," Fuele told reporters in Sarajevo.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday denounced the "grave new escalation" in Kiev, where at least five people were killed and scores hurt as protestors battled police.

"I am deeply worried about the grave new escalation in Kiev and the reported victims," Ashton said in a statement, saying she condemned "all use of violence, including against public or party buildings."

A landmine blast in war-torn South Kordofan last week killed a Red Crescent worker and wounder several others, the United Nations said on Tuesday clarifying earlier accounts.

Ali al-Za'tari, who heads the U.N. mission in Sudan, gave new details about the blast which was first reported on February 12 by Sudan's official Radio Omdurman.

Former U.S. congressman Melvin Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said Tuesday, without giving details.

"We are with him and we are conducting investigations. That is all I can say at the moment," Ario Mabika, a spokesman for Zimbabwe's immigration department told AFP.

The live broadcast of proceedings in the Indian parliament was suddenly halted on Tuesday shortly before lawmakers voted to pass a controversial bill creating the country's 29th state.

Days after the parliament was adjourned when one lawmaker opposed to the creation of Telangana state squirted pepper spray, there was fresh uproar when the live feed was cut shortly before the crunch vote.

Protesters hurled Molotov cocktails as Ukrainian riot police firing stun grenades and water cannon stormed the main anti-government protest camp Tuesday, after the bloodiest day of protests left at least eight people dead and triggered international alarm.

Police broke through barricades with armored vehicles, but faced thousands of protesters armed with stones, fireworks and petrol bombs who had refused to obey an ultimatum to evacuate Kiev's iconic Independence Square.

Russia on Tuesday blamed the policies of Western countries for the latest clashes between pro-EU protesters and police on the streets of Kiev.

"What is happening is a direct consequence of the policy of connivance among those Western politicians and European agencies that have been shutting their eyes to the aggressive actions of Ukraine's radical forces since the beginning of the crisis," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned the killing of a former Taliban minister, saying the victim had recently returned from a Taliban meeting in Dubai where he had supported peace talks.

Abdul Raqeeb was gunned down in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday as he left a religious seminary where he had been teaching.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI was due to land in Mali Tuesday for a five-day tour to support the country's peace process, with Rabat aiming to wrest the diplomatic initiative from its more dominant regional rival Algeria.

The king will be guest of honor of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita for his first visit since attending the Malian leader's inauguration in September.

Eight people, including six civilians, have been killed in a firefight between African peacekeepers and fighters from the mainly Christian "anti-balaka" militia, a police source said Tuesday.

Troops of the MISCA African Union force clashed Sunday with anti-balaka militias at Cantonnier, near the border with Cameroon, a gendarmerie source in the western town of Bouar told AFP .