Maduro Sworn In As Venezuela's President

Venezuela Says Farewell To Chavez Updated: 6:16am UK, Saturday 09 March 2013 A state funeral has taken place for Venezuela's left-wing president Hugo Chavez at a military academy where his body has been lying in state since Wednesday. Most Latin American...

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Afghanistan Blasts: 'Eight Kids Among Dead'

Seventeen civilians, reportedly including eight children, have been killed in two separate suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan. The first attack took place in the eastern city of Khost, where unconfirmed reports have suggested eight children and one...

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Egypt: Rival Football Fans Angry Over Verdicts

A hardcore element of Cairo's Al Ahly fan base have stormed and set fire to Egypt's football headquarters after a court aquitted seven out of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in a deadly stadium riot. A nearby police club in the...

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Dragged Taxi Driver Mido Macia Laid To Rest

Mourners have gathered in Mozambique to bury a taxi driver who died in police custody in South Africa after officers cuffed him to their van and dragged him down a street. Crowds gathered at a cemetery in Matola where 26-year-old Mido Macia was laid...

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Kenya Election: Kenyatta Clinches Narrow Win

By Sara Mojtehedzadeh in Nairobi, Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces trial for alleged crimes against humanity, has clinched victory in a tightly fought race for Kenya's presidency, the electoral commission has confirmed. The son of the country's...

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North Korea Leader Ready For 'All-Out War'

Who Is Kim Jong-Un? Updated: 9:50am UK, Friday 08 March 2013 Kim Jong-Un is the world's youngest head of state. But very little is known about the supreme leader of North Korea, the most secretive nation on Earth. Believed to have been born in Pyongyang...

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Bunga Bunga Trial Halted: Berlusconi In Hospital

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter, in Rome Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital - just as his Bunga Bunga sex trial enters its closing stages. Prosecutors had been due to wrap up the case against billionaire...

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Dragged Taxi Driver 'Had Extensive Injuries'

Nine South African police officers charged with the murder of a Mozambique taxi driver have appeared in court for a bail hearing. The death of Mido Macia caused outrage around the world after video footage was published appearing to show him being...

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Bin Laden Son-In-Law Ghaith Pleads Not Guilty

By Sky News US Team, in New York The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has pleaded not guilty to plotting against Americans in his role as al Qaeda spokesman. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith entered the plea through a lawyer Friday to one count of conspiracy to...

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Hugo Chavez: Funeral For Venezuelan President

How Will Chavez's Body Be Embalmed? Updated: 10:22am UK, Friday 08 March 2013 Venezuela's acting head of state has decreed that their former leader Hugo Chavez's body will be embalmed and displayed forever inside a glass tomb for anyone to visit and...

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Dublin Airport: Drama As Plane Tips On To Nose

The main runway at Dublin airport has been closed after a dramatic crash involving a small cargo plane. The front wheel of the Bin Air aircraft buckled on landing at around 9am, causing it to tip over onto its nose. Neither the pilot nor co-pilot -...

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Aussie Doctor Jailed Over Hep C Infections

A former Australian doctor has been jailed for up to 14 years after he infected 55 women with Hepatitis C. James Latham Peters was working as an anaesthetist at a Melbourne abortion clinic when he transferred the disease to patients. The Australian...

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Jihad Boy Wears 9/11 Bomb T-Shirt To School

A woman and her brother have appeared in a French court after a three-year-old child named Jihad was sent to school wearing a T-shirt with the words "I am a bomb" printed on it. The principal and teachers at the school in Sorgues, southern France, notified...

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Italy: Berlusconi Given 12-Month Prison Sentence

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to a year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in one of his newspapers. Mr Berlusconi, who faces two more verdicts this month for tax fraud and...

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North Korea Nuclear Test: UN Sanctions Agreed

New sanctions will be imposed on North Korea for its nuclear weapons test last month, after a unanimous United Nations Security Council vote. A resolution passed by the 15-member body added three new individuals and two entities to the UN sanctions...

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Syria Crisis: Refugee Figure Tops Million Mark

Syria Crisis: Inside A Refugee Camp Updated: 11:28am UK, Wednesday 06 March 2013 By Sam Kiley, in Zaatari Camp, Jordan They crossed in silence. A stream of humanity stumbling over pebbles in slippers and sandals. Artillery crunched into the earth...

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Bolshoi Acid Attack: Mastermind's Confession

A ballet star at the Bolshoi Theatre has confessed to being the mastermind of an attack on the theatre's ballet chief. Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet, suffered severe burns to his eyes and face on January 17 when an attacker...

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Car Thief Strangles Baby Left In Vehicle

A Chinese car thief strangled a two-month-old baby after stealing a vehicle with the infant inside, according to police. In a crime that has sparked revulsion across the country, officers said the baby was killed and then buried in the snow. The baby's...

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South Africa: Service For Police Van Victim

The wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela has attended a memorial service for a man who died in police custody after being dragged along the road by a police vehicle. Several hundred people gathered at a stadium in Johannesburg to remember...

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Hugo Chavez: Coffin Paraded Through Streets

A military parade is being held to carry the remains of President Hugo Chavez through the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas. The country's foreign minister, Elias Jose Jaua Milano, declared seven days of mourning for the controversial socialist...

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Costa Concordia Victims' Last Moments Revealed

By Nick Pisa, Sky Reporter Details of the final moments of the 32 people who died in the Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy have emerged in a prosecution report. The 60-page document makes up the official request to have captain Francesco Schettino...

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Khalil Edney Wonder Shot Dedicated To Late Mum

A high school basketball player who pulled off an incredible match-winning shot just ahead of the buzzer, has dedicated his feat to his mother who died of cancer. Khalil Edney's feet have barely touched the ground since he grabbed a loose ball for the...

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Deadly Florida Sinkhole Is Finally Revealed

The deadly sinkhole that swallowed a man at his home in Florida has been uncovered by demolition teams. The remaining walls of the house were knocked down on Monday and debris was dragged towards the street to reveal the crater in Seffner, about 15...

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Lamb Of God's Blythe Cleared Over Fan's Death

The frontman of US heavy metal band Lamb of God has been cleared of causing a teenage fan's death at a concert in the Czech Republic. Randy Blythe was charged last December in Prague with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences....

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Greece Corruption: Ex-Defence Minister Jailed

By Anthee Carassava, In Athens A former defence minister has been jailed for eight years by a Greek court for lying on his income statements and concealing a lavish lifestyle. The conviction of Akis Tzohatzopoulos marks the second ruling against...

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Japan: Family Killed As Car Is Buried In Snow

Four members of a family have been killed after their car was buried in a snowstorm in the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Four other deaths linked to the weekend's snowfall have been reported. Kazuyo Miyashita and her three children died...

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India: Twelve Children Die In School Bus Crash

At least 12 children have been killed after their school bus collided with a truck carrying bricks in northern India. The crash, which also killed the driver, happened on the outskirts of Jalandhar, a city nearly 250 miles (400km) north of the capital...

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Pope Photo Burnt: Church Launches Probe

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter Church chiefs have launched an investigation after an Italian priest set fire to a photograph of former Pope Benedict XVI in front of dozens of stunned worshippers. Father Andrea Maggi, 67, ignited the picture during...

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Al Qaeda Casts Doubt On Mr Marlboro's 'Death'

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Al Qaeda in west Africa has reportedly cast doubt on whether one of the world's most wanted men is dead. Soldiers from Chad fighting Islamists in Mali had claimed to have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar...

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Baby Born After New York Hit-And-Run Dies

A baby delivered by doctors after his parents were killed in a hit-and-run car crash in New York has died, a community spokesman has confirmed. Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, died in the crash in Brooklyn but their baby initially survived after...

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Gas Terror Chief 'Killed'

Belmokhtar: Profile Of Mr Marlboro Updated: 12:54am UK, Sunday 03 March 2013 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent He was known as Mr Marlboro because of his cigarette smuggling. The French intelligence service called him "The Uncatchable"....

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World Cup 2022 Could Be Moved To Winter, Fifa

A senior Fifa official has admitted for the first time that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to winter. The finals were awarded by the world governing body in 2010 and are due to be held in the summer months when the temperature can reach...

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Assad Hits Out At UK Government In Interview

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has heavily criticised the British government, calling it "shallow and immature". In an interview with The Sunday Times, he dismissed any suggestion that Britain could help to resolve the conflict saying: "We do not...

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UK Explorer: Green Campaigning Has Failed

By Tom Rayner in Ushuaia, Argentina One of Britain's leading polar explorers has told Sky News that decades of campaign efforts to get people engaged with climate change have failed. Robert Swan, who was the first man to walk to both the North...

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Porn: Mayor Pulls Plug On X-Rated Web Surfing

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter A fed-up Italian mayor has pulled the plug on the internet in council offices after discovering employees spent the working day trawling porn sites. Narcisio Buffoni, 60, was furious when he discovered that several...

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