Egyptian Protesters Keep Up Pressure

Tens of thousands of protesters have demonstrated overnight outside Egypt's presidential palace, calling on President Mohamed Morsi to step down. The peaceful night-time demonstration followed a tense day in which Mr Morsi's opponents broke through...

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Gaza Marks Hamas Anniversary With Huge Rally

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are gathering in Gaza City for a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the militant group Hamas. Leader Khaled Meshaal is due to address the crowd, a day after receiving a hero's welcome in his first ever trip to Gaza,...

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Syria: Rebel Prisoners On Their Religious War

Interviewing people who, under different circumstances, might kill you, is a strange experience. To the soundtrack of multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire, I met six men who the Syrian authorities told us were jihadist rebel fighters captured...

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Nelson Mandela Admitted To Hospital

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital for routine tests. The South African Government said 94-year-old Mandela had been taken to hospital in Pretoria for tests consistent with old age, adding that he "is doing well...

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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Says He Will Run For PM

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will run for PM again in a general election next year. "I'm returning sadly to public service," the leader of the right-wing People of Freedom party said, speaking near the northern city of...

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Linesman Death: Fourth Teen Held In Holland

Dutch police have arrested a fourth teenager in connection with the beating to death of a football linesman. The 16-year-old from Amsterdam was arrested on Thursday evening, police said. There are now two 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds in custody....

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India: Britain Right To Cut Aid Payments

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent India's foreign minister has told Sky News he thinks Britain was right to cut financial aid. Salman Khurshid was speaking in an exclusive interview following the British government's decision last month to stop...

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China Flattening 700 Mountains To Build City

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent The Chinese are planning to move mountains to build a new city - literally. According to one of the country's biggest construction firms, 700 mountains will be flattened at a cost of £2.2bn to make way for the...

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Hamas Chief Ends 45-Year Exile With Gaza Visit

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has crossed into Gaza on his first ever trip to the territory marking the end of a 45-year exile from the Palestinian territories. He will spend just 48 hours in Gaza, attending a "victory rally" on Saturday, which will also...

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Egypt: Opponents Refuse President Morsi Talks

The main opposition group in Egypt says it will not take part in talks with the country's president aimed at ending unrest. Ahmed Said, one of the leading members of the National Salvation Front, said the coalition had rejected a dialogue with Mohamed...

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North Sea Ship Collision 'Human Error'

"Human error" may have caused a cargo ship to collide with another vessel and sink off the Dutch Coast, killing at least five crew members, its Greek manager has reportedly said. The Dutch defence ministry said the North Sea was treacherous when the 485ft...

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Egypt: Tanks Move In As Protesters Ordered Out

The Egyptian army has issued an ultimatum to protesters to move away from the presidential palace, or they will clear the area. The announcement follows the deployment of tanks around the complex after a night of running street battles in which five...

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Iran Earthquake: Six Dead As Buildings Flattened

An earthquake has shaken eastern Iran, killing at least six people and injuring more than a dozen others. The quake of 5.5 magnitude  hit Iran's Zohan district at 8:38 on Wednesday evening. Five villages were destroyed and at least 11 others damaged,...

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Taliban In Afghan Spy Chief Assassination Bid

By Mustafa Kazemi, in Kabul, Afghanistan A Taliban suicide bomber has attempted to assassinate Afghanistan's intelligence chief, leaving him with significant injuries. Asadullah Khalid, the chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS), was receiving...

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Travolta And Newton-John Grease Video Panned

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have recreated scenes from Grease in a video for their new Christmas album. But this time around their singing and dancing has been widely panned - even being labelled "creepy" and "odd". The pair, who starred as...

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Cancer Girl Safer In Mexico, Say Parents

A young cancer patient was removed from a Phoenix hospital and taken to Mexico for her own safety, according to her parents. Emily Bracamontes, who was being treated for leukaemia and recently had an arm amputated and a heart catheter fitted, was taken...

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New York Barefoot Homeless Man 'Not Homeless'

The barefoot homeless man, whose gift of a new pair of boots from a New York cop turned into a web phenomenon, may not be homeless after all. Jeffery Hillman has been living for over a year in an apartment in the Bronx according to the New York Daily...

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Alaska Serial Killer Chopped Up Barista Victim

A suspected serial killer, who committed suicide in jail earlier this week, sexually assaulted and then chopped up one of his victims in Alaska. Israel Keyes strangled Samantha Koenig a day after abducting her from an Anchorage coffee kiosk in February,...

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Dewani Murder: 'Trigger Man' Jailed For Life

A South African man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Swedish woman Anni Dewani on her honeymoon. Xolile Mngeni, 25, was convicted by a court in Cape Town of firing the shot that killed the 28-year-old woman in 2010. Judge Robert...

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Typhoon Bopha: Philippines Storm Kills Over 270

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent More than 270 people have been killed by the latest typhoon to hit the Philippines, according to local officials who have warned more could die as rescuers reach outlying areas. Typhoon Bopha hit Mindanao Island's...

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George Zimmerman Photo Shows His Bloody Nose

A newly-released photograph of George Zimmerman shows him with a bloody, swollen nose on the night he shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin. The image was made available by the defence team for the Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer, who...

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US Navy: No Drones Missing After Iran Claim

The US Navy has denied Iran's claim that it has captured one of their drones that was flying in the country's airspace and gathering intelligence over Gulf waters. The Iranian Fars news agency reported that the ScanEagle drone was captured "in the last...

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Cancer Patient Taken From Hospital By Mother

Fears are mounting for an 11-year-old girl with leukaemia and a heart catheter who was removed from a Phoenix hospital by her parents. The child, Emily, had been receiving chemotherapy up until last week after an infection forced doctors to amputate...

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Man Who Threw Rabbit In River Is Jailed

A man has been jailed for snatching a homeless man's rabbit and hurling it into a river. The animal's owner, John Byrne, had been begging on Dublin's O'Connell Bridge when his pet Barney was taken from his arms and thrown into the River Liffey. The...

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Typhoon Bopha: 40 Dead In Philippines

More than 40 people have been killed in a powerful typhoon in the Philippines, including soldiers and villagers who were in an army truck that was washed away. Typhoon Bopha, packing winds of up to 130mph, hit land on Mindanao island's east coast at...

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Japan Tunnel Collapse: Only Visual Checks Done

The company in charge of a collapsed tunnel in Japan has admitted workers only carried out visual checks on metal bolts used to anchor concrete slabs in the tunnel roof. Central Nippon Expressway Co faces a police investigation after at least nine people...

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Louisiana: Explosives Find Sparks Evacuation

A whole town in northwest Louisiana has been been evacuated after more than 2,500 tons of explosive material was discovered being stored illegally. State police have launched a criminal investigation into how the boxes and small barrels of M6 artillery...

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Israel Settlement Row 'Risks Apartheid State'

Avenues of palm trees. Air conditioned shopping malls. European coffee shops humming with chatter in Russian, French, English - and Hebrew. This could be California. It isn't. It's the vanguard of Israel's permanent occupation of parts of the West Bank....

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Foreign Office Summons Israel's Ambassador

Apartheid Risk Looms On Settlements Updated: 1:57pm UK, Monday 03 December 2012 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent Avenues of palm trees. Air conditioned shopping malls. European coffee shops humming with chatter in Russian, French, English...

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Russia: Drivers Stuck In 120-Mile Traffic Jam

Thousands of cars, lorries and motorists became stuck for up to three days in a huge traffic jam on a motorway northwest of Moscow after Russia was hit by heavy snowfall. The length of the queue on the M-10 highway, which is one of the busiest in the...

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John McAfee: Anti-Virus Pioneer 'Captured'

Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, who is wanted by police over his neighbour's murder, appears to have been found after weeks in hiding, his blog has said. The website set up by Mr McAfee after he went on the run said there was an unconfirmed...

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Egyptian Protesters Scare Away Court Judges

A group of senior judges in Egypt has halted all work after crowds of protesters surrounded their building, delaying what is set to be a controversial ruling on a new constitution. They had been due to decide on the legitimacy of an Islamist-dominated panel...

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Teacher Shot With Arrow By Son At US College

A British-born college teacher fatally injured after being shot in the head with an arrow by his own son has been hailed a hero after giving his students time to flee the classroom. James Krumm, 56, was taking a computer science class at Casper College,...

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Afghanistan: Taliban Suicide Bombers Hit US Base

Taliban suicide bombers have attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing at least five people, and sparking a two-hour battle with American forces. Militants drove two vehicles packed with explosives at the gates of Jalalabad Airfield before American...

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Japan Tunnel Collapse: Five People Dead

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Police say at least five people have died after being trapped inside their burning vehicle in a highway tunnel that collapsed in Japan. The Sasago tunnel on the busy Chuo Expressway, about 50 miles (80 km)...

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