Pakistan Army Checkpoint Attack: 23 Killed

Militants have attacked an army checkpoint in Pakistan's northwest, killing at least 23 people - including 10 members of one family. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack on the isolated post at Lakki Marwat was in response...

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India Gang Rape Accused Plead Not Guilty

Five men accused of the brutal murder and gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a Delhi bus have denied the allegations. They pleaded not guilty after being indicted on 13 charges in a special fast-track court in the capital. The defendants...

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Egypt: Police Beat Protester Outside Palace

Bloody Scenes Expected In Port Said Updated: 11:11pm UK, Thursday 31 January 2013 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent, in Port Said This city has always prided itself on resistance to invaders. The people of Port Said believe they saw off...

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Alabama Hostage-Taker Bragged About Bunker

A neighbour of a man who has taken a child hostage in an underground bunker said he had been building it for months. Police said Jimmy Lee Dykes killed school bus driver Charles Albert Poland, 66, on Tuesday before abducting a five-year-old boy and...

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Embassy Attack: Group Claims Responsibility

A leftist group has said it was responsible for a suicide attack at an entrance to the US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara, which killed the bomber and a guard. The attacker's device went off as he was going through an X-ray machine at a security...

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French Mayor 'Forced Tourists Past His Shops'

The mayor of French landmark Mont Saint Michel - one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world - has been accused of profiting by forcing millions of tourists to walk past his shops and restaurants. Eric Vannier owns around 80% of the businesses...

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Fireworks Truck Explodes Killing Nine In China

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent Nine people have been killed after an explosion on a truck carrying fireworks caused a road bridge to collapse in central China. Rescue crews search for survivors The blast happened on the Yichang Bridge in...

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Bolshoi Acid Attack: New Production Halted

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent The Bolshoi Ballet has postponed its new production because of the acid attack on its artistic director. A spokesperson for the theatre confirmed to Sky News that its planned performance of The Rite of Spring...

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Mexico: Pemex Oil Company HQ Blast Kills 32

An explosion at the headquarters of Mexican oil company Pemex has killed 32 people and injured more than 120 others. The state-owned firm confirmed the growing number of fatalities, which included 20 women and 12 men. Some 52 people remain in hospital...

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Turkey: Bombing At US Embassy By 'Far-Left'

A suicide bomber has carried out an attack at an entrance to the US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara, killing himself and a guard. The bomber's device went off as he was going through an X-ray machine at a security gatehouse, Sky sources said....

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South Africa Train Crash Injures 300

At least 300 people have been injured in a collision between two passenger trains in South Africa during the peak morning commute. Dozens of school children were among those injured in the crash, which left the driver of one of the engines needing to...

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Ryanair Loses EU Fight Over Ash Cloud Row

By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent A court has ruled Ryanair flouted EU law by refusing to pay out cash to a customer left stranded by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud three years ago. Denise McDonagh, from Ireland, was due to fly back to Dublin...

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Syria And Iran May Hit Back Over Israeli Raid

Syria and Iran have threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air raid near the capital Damascus. Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali says Damascus has "the option and the surprise to retaliate." He said he cannot predict when the retaliation...

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Child Held Hostage After School Bus Shooting

A gunman who shot and killed a school bus driver before taking a five-year-old boy hostage on Tuesday remains holed up in a bunker at his home in Alabama. Armed officers and police negotiators have surrounded the property in Midland City. The suspect...

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David Beckham 'To Sign For Paris St Germain'

David Beckham's Career Timeline Updated: 12:20pm UK, Thursday 31 January 2013 David Beckham was born in Leytonstone in east London on May 2, 1975. Sixteen years later he joined Manchester United as a trainee. 1992: Makes debut against Brighton in...

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Toyota Recall Over Airbag And Wiper Faults

Toyota has launched a global recall of more than one million cars, including those fitted with airbags that can be triggered inadvertently by electrical interference from other vehicles. It said a computer chip in the airbag control unit can malfunction...

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South Korea's First Satellite Blasts Off

South Korea has launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time - just weeks after arch-rival North Korea accomplished a similar feat. The rocket blasted off from a launch pad in the southwestern coastal village of Goheung. Officials...

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Syria Is Being Destroyed, Says UN Envoy

The war in Syria has reached "unprecedented levels of horror" after evidence emerged of the massacre of dozens of men, the UN envoy for the country has said. Lakhdar Brahimi told the divided UN Security Council it must act now to prevent further atrocities...

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Israel Strikes Convoy On Syria-Lebanon Border

Israel has struck a suspected weapons convoy on the border of Syria and Lebanon, according to multiple sources. Israeli jets carried out the strike overnight on the convoy which was said to be on its way into Syria, in the area of the Lebanon-Syria...

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US Economy Shrinks For First Time In Three Years

The US economy shrank in the last quarter of 2012, the first contraction in more than three years. The Commerce Department said that the economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.1% in the fourth quarter. It was a sharp slowdown from the 3.1% growth...

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Egypt Crisis 'Could Lead To State's Collapse'

The political crisis in Egypt could lead to the state's collapse, the head of the country's armed forces has warned.  Failure to resolve the situation "could lead to grave repercussions if the political forces do not act" to tackle it, General...

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ArcelorMittal Steelworkers Protest In Belgium

ArcelorMittal workers in Belgium have clashed with police during a protest at plans to close steel plants in the province of Liege. Six officers were injured in the demonstration of around 2,000 steel workers, who gathered outside regional government...

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Mali Conflict: British Troops To Train Forces

Up to 200 British military personnel could be deployed to West Africa to help train a regional intervention force for Mali, the Government has said, in a further deepening of the UK's involvement in the conflict to drive out Islamist militants. Downing...

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French Jogger Murder: British Man Is Arrested

A British man has been arrested in France over the murder of a mother who was killed while out jogging. The woman's body was discovered on a track in Nimes last week. The man, who has not yet been named, is being questioned by police. According to...

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Syrian Group: 65 People Shot Dead In Aleppo

A Syrian opposition group says 65 people have been found shot dead, with their hands bound, in Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll could rise as high as 80, calling the killings a "new massacre". Photos...

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Missing Mexican Band: Bodies Found In Well

At least eight bodies have been pulled from a well near the site where members of a Mexican band went missing after a performance. A total of 20 people disappeared on Friday following Colombian-style group Kombo Kolombia's show in Monterrey the previous...

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Australia Floods Threaten To Wash Homes Away

By Katie Cassidy, in Brisbane Hundreds of homes are at risk of being washed away by fast-flowing floodwaters in the Australian state of Queensland. Mass evacuations have been carried out in the city of Bundaberg, north of Brisbane, where waters...

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Egypt Protests: New Powers For Army Approved

State Of Emergency In Egypt Updated: 11:44am UK, Monday 28 January 2013 In declaring a state of emergency in three Egyptian cities, President Mohamed Morsi has underlined the gravity of the situation facing his country. He has also gambled by using...

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Brazil Fire: Nightclub Owner Is Arrested

Brazilian police have arrested the co-owner of a nightclub where 233 people were killed in a fire, according to the AFP news agency. Police also apprehended two members of a band that was performing at the club, the report said. Witnesses said a flare...

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Mali: Islamists Burn Timbuktu Manuscripts

A library containing rare and ancient documents has been torched by Islamic militants escaping from French forces in Timbuktu. The Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research had reportedly been used as a sleeping quarters by the Islamists....

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Mali: US Offers Refuelling Services To France

US military aircraft will be used to refuel French warplanes fighting Islamist militants in Mali, the Pentagon has confirmed. The offer of assistance to the French-led effort to push al Qaeda-linked fighters out of the north of country came as the 16-day...

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Kumbh Mela: Millions Gather For Hindu Festival

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent The authorities in the city of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh in India have estimated that as many as 80 million people will attend this year's Kumbh Mela religious festival during its six-week lifecycle. The Kumbh...

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Mexico: Police Hunt For 20 Missing Musicians

Police are searching for 20 members of a Mexican band who have gone missing after playing a gig. Relatives said Kombo Kolombia's 12 musicians and eight crew were scheduled to play in Hidalgo in the northeast Mexican state of Nuevo Leon on Thursday night....

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Egypt: More Clashes After Deadly Unrest

Protesters and police have clashed in Egypt for a fourth day - as shots were fired during funerals for those killed in the worst violence in the city of Port Said. Thousands took part in the funeral procession after noon prayers when loud gunfire sent...

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