China Ready To Usher In Year Of The Snake

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent China is preparing to usher in the Year of the Snake as 1.3 billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year. In cities, towns and villages across this vast country, one fifth of the world's population is marking the...

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Belgium Plane Crash Kills Five

A small passenger plane has crashed at Belgium's Charleroi airport, killing five people and closing the international hub used by low-cost carriers. The aircraft, a Cessna, had problems on takeoff and tried to return to Charleroi to make an emergency...

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YouTube Suspended In Egypt Over Prophet Film

An Egyptian court has ordered the suspension of YouTube for a month for hosting a film insulting the Prophet Mohammed. The country's administrative court ordered the ministry of communication to block the Google-owned site inside Egypt because it had...

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German Minister Quits Over Plagiarism Scandal

Germany's education minister has resigned after being accused of plagiarism over three decades ago and having her doctorate withdrawn. Annette Schavan, a close ally and confidante of Chancellor Angela Merkel, was stripped of her doctorate by her former...

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US Blizzard Dump Cuts Power To 650,000

A massive storm packing hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions has dumped more than two feet of snow on the northeast of the United States and knocked out power to 650,000 customers. A state of emergency has been declared in five states and thousands...

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Ex-LA Cop Names Targets In 'Killing Manifesto'

The former police officer at the centre of a manhunt after a shooting spree that left three people dead has issued a killing list of "high value targets". Christopher Dorner vowed "warfare" on anyone working for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),...

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Major Snowstorm Poised To Strike US Northeast

A blizzard of potentially historic proportions is threatening to strike the Northeast US with a vengeance. Up to two feet of snow is forecast along the densely populated corridor from the New York City area northwards. Boston and Providence in Rhode...

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Papua New Guinea: 'Witch' Burned Alive By Mob

A young mother was stripped, tortured with an iron rod and then burned alive on a pile of tyres after being accused of being a witch in Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of bystanders, including many children, looked on as Kepari Leniata, 20, was doused in...

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Tunisia: 50,000 March For Murdered Politician

Tens of thousands have taken to the streets for the funeral of the assassinated opposition leader Chokri Belaid, amid fears of escalating violence in the country. Protesters surrounded an army truck carrying Mr Belaid's coffin, draped in a red and white...

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EU Leaders Agree Historic Budget Deal

European Union leaders have agreed a historic budget deal at a summit in Brussels. The breakthrough was declared in a tweet from the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, saying: "Deal done! #euco has agreed on #MFF (Multi-annual Financial...

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Iran: Syria's Assad Regime Ready To Negotiate

Syria's government is ready to sit down with the opposition to bring a two-year uprising against the regime to an end, Iran's foreign minister believes. Ali Akbar Salehi told the Egyptian state news agency MENA: "I think that the Syrian government is...

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Alaska Serial Killer Keyes' Chilling Poetry

Newly-released blood-stained notes recovered from serial killer Israel Keyes' Alaskan prison cell contain chilling poetry about his victims and superficiality in American society. But the rambling tracts found under the 34-year-old's body contain no...

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Iran Airs 'Footage' From Captured US Drone

Iran's state television has broadcast footage allegedly extracted from the advanced CIA spy drone captured in 2011. The video aired late on Wednesday shows an aerial view of an airport and a city, said to be a US drone base and Kandahar in Afghanistan....

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Tunisia: Belaid Assassination Sparks Clashes

Protesters have clashed with police in Tunisia as tension mounts following the assassination of a prominent opposition leader. Petrol bombs were hurled by demonstrators in the central town of Gafsa, with officers there and in capital city Tunis reportedly...

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Police Officer Killed In Fired Cop Manhunt

A disgruntled former Los Angeles cop is being hunted over the fatal shooting of a police officer and the separate murder of a newly-engaged couple. The LAPD says Christopher Dorner is suspected of involvement in an overnight ambush in nearby Riverside...

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Madeleine Lookalike Sends DNA Sample To Police

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia correspondent A New Zealand girl repeatedly mistaken for missing Madeleine McCann has given police a sample of her DNA which will be sent to Scotland Yard. The girl, who has not been named, is understood to have a...

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Mali: 'Significant Losses' During Fighting

French forces have clashed with Islamist militants in the Mali town of Gao in a "real war" with "significant losses", the French Defence Minister has said. Jean-Yves Le Drian said jihadists had used rockets against French troops during fighting on Tuesday....

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Spain: 6,000 Tonnes Of Rubbish On City Streets

Days of strikes by dustmen in Seville have seen 6,000 tonnes of stinking rubbish pile up on the streets of the Spanish city. Litter lies strewn across the Andalusian city's historic and narrow streets as wheelie bins overflow and plastic bags rip apart....

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Tunisia: Poltician Shot Dead Outside His Home

Protests are growing after Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home in what some have called an "act of terrorism". Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets outside the interior ministry, shouting "Shame, shame Chokri...

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Two Children Among Dead In Denver Shooting

Denver police have said at least two children are among three people shot and killed at a house in the northeast part of the city. Police Lieutenant Matt Murray says one other child was taken to hospital, according to KUSA-TA. Denver Police Chief Robert...

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Syria: Exodus Swells Border Refugee Camps

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The numbers of refugees from Syria is growing by the day. The reasons are simple; they can't take the bombing anymore; they can't live with the fear. So they make the journey north, south, east and west to...

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Dreamliner Batteries Get CT Scans Over Meltdown

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Timeline Updated: 9:31am UK, Tuesday 05 February 2013 The turbulent history of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Feb 5, 2013: Japanese official reveal CT scans of failed batteries does not reveal fire cause. Feb 4, 2013: Boeing requests...

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Alabama Hostage Boy 'Doing Well' After Rescue

A boy who was held hostage for a week is safe and his captor dead after FBI agents stormed an underground bunker in Alabama. Officials said the raid went ahead after negotiations with 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes deteriorated and he was seen with a gun....

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India Rape Trial: Victim's Friend In Court

A man who was with the student who died after being gang-raped in India "will go to any lengths to ensure the guilty are punished", according to his father. The woman's companion appeared in court on Tuesday as a prosecution witness in the trial of...

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Indian Girl Rock Band Quit After Fatwa

An Indian high school all-girl rock band has quit after a senior Muslim cleric issued a fatwa against them and branded them "indecent". The teenagers became victims of an online hate campaign and were called "sluts" and "prostitutes" on social networking...

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North Korea Nuclear Test: China Urged To Step In

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent South Korea has issued an urgent request to China to use its influence over North Korea to persuade the isolated nation to abandon its plans for a nuclear test. Lim Sung-nam, a senior South Korean envoy, met with...

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Syria War: 'Children Are Biggest Casualty'

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Aleppo The anguished cries of a little boy receiving treatment without anaesthetic for a shrapnel wound to the face fills the putrid air of a converted shop that is an Aleppo field hospital. The walls are...

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Fidel Castro Makes Surprise Appearance

Cuba's retired leader Fidel Castro chatted with other voters and reporters for more than an hour as he made his first extended public appearance since 2010 to vote in parliamentary elections. The 86-year-old has voted from home in three previous elections...

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