Syria War: 11,000 Refugees Flee In 24 Hours

As many as 11,000 people have fled Syria in 24 hours - one of the biggest refugee exoduses the country has seen in its 20-month conflict. The refugees were escaping fierce fighting between rebels and government forces for control of the northeastern...

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CIA Director Petraeus Quits Over Affair

CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned over an extramarital affair - which officials say was uncovered by an FBI investigation. According to his letter of resignation, General Petraeus asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign,...

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Syria: 'Casualties After Two Large Blasts'

Two large explosions have struck the Syrian city of Deraa, causing multiple casualties, according to the state-run news agency. The blasts were reportedly followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad....

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Turkey Helicopter Crash: 17 Troops Killed

Seventeen Turkish soldiers have died after their helicopter crashed in southeastern Turkey in bad weather, an official has said. The Sikorsky aircraft came down on Herekol mountain, in the Pervari district of Siirt province, according to Siirt governor...

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Syria: Assad 'Employing Cluster Bombs' In War

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in northern Syria Sky News has found overwhelming evidence that the Syrian regime is using cluster bombs against its own people, in contravention of international laws. It comes despite repeated denials...

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New York Storm: Mayor Orders Fuel Rationing

The mayor of New York has ordered fuel rationing based on vehicle registration plates after the city was hit by its second severe storm in just over a week. Michael Bloomberg announced at a news conference that drivers will be allowed to buy petrol...

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Argentina: Protests Over Cristina Fernandez

Thousands of Argentines have been out in the streets of the capital, Buenos Aires, in the country's biggest anti-government protests for years. The march against President Cristina Fernandez was in protest at rising inflation, crime and corruption and...

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Britain To End Financial Aid To India In 2015

Britain's controversial £280m-a-year aid programme for India will end in 2015, the Government has announced. The UK will reduce its support to the fast-developing country over the next three years, saving around £200m ahead of the cut-off. International...

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Guatemala Earthquake: At Least 48 Dead

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala, killing at least 48 people, injuring another 155 and destroying scores of homes. The quake, which hit at 10.35am in the midst of the work day, caused terror over an unusually...

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Hu Jintao's Legacy: Critics Lament Lost Years

As Hu Jintao steps onto the stage of the Great Hall of the People his party will seek to portray him as having presided over a "golden decade" for China. When the Communist Party made him the leader 10 years ago, China's economy was only a little bit...

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Assad Vows To 'Live And Die' In Syria

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has told Russian TV he will "live and die in Syria". Earlier this week, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that Mr Assad could be allowed safe passage out of the country if it would guarantee an end...

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Hu Jintao Hails China's 'Golden Decade'

Xi, China And The Communist Party Updated: 4:19am UK, Thursday 08 November 2012 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent It would not be an embarrassment to admit to not having ever heard of Xi Jinping. Indeed, the vast majority of people in China...

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Obama's Home City Enjoys His Victory

By Gary Mitchell, in Chicago In a small bar in the north of Barack Obama's adopted home city of Chicago, roar after roar was deafening. His rival's fate seemed certain as a series of key states were called in the president's favour. When a TV...

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Americans Vote For Gay Marriage And Marijuana

Voters in four American states made history on Tuesday by approving same-sex marriage and recreational marijuana use. Maine and Maryland became the first to allow same-sex couples to marry by a popular vote rather than legislation or court order, as...

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Obama Tells US: 'The Best Is Yet To Come'

Barack Obama has promised that the "best is yet to come" for the US after winning another four years at the White House. Following a bitter and costly election campaign, the president easily overcame his Republican challenger Mitt Romney - taking seven...

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Ghana: 'Dozens' Trapped After Mall Collapse

A six-storey shopping centre has collapsed in Ghana, leaving dozens of victims feared trapped in the rubble. It is thought the top three floors of the Melcom mall in the Ghanaian capital Accra came down. One employee at the scene who declined to be...

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Nelson Mandela Notes Issued In South Africa

In a tribute to the first black president of South Africa, bank notes featuring a picture of Nelson Mandela have gone into circulation. The notes, rolled out by the South African Reserve Bank, display the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon's smiling face....

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Obama: Key States May Swing It For President

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent Barack Obama looks on course to secure a second term in the White House as Americans begin casting their votes today following the most expensive and negative election campaign in history. The president appears to...

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Greece: General Strike Before Austerity Vote

A two-day general strike is under way in Greece as the country's parliament prepares to vote on a new round of austerity measures. Tens of thousands joined two marches in Athens in protest against the 13.5bn euro (£10.8bn) package of proposed cuts and...

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Putin Axes Defence Minister Over Military Sales

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacked defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov two weeks after a criminal investigation was opened into alleged fraud over the selling off of military assets. The surprise announcement was made during in a televised meeting...

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Call To End 'Gang Warfare' In Obama's Chicago

By Gary Mitchell, in Chicago Matt DeMateo clearly remembers the day he had to tell his five-year-old daughter that her schoolmate had been shot dead on a porch. The girl, Aliyah Shell, aged six, was an innocent victim in one of the hundreds of...

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New Zealand Mine Firm Ignored 21 Gas Warnings

A coal mining company ignored 21 warnings that methane gas had accumulated to explosive levels before a blast that killed 29 workers in New Zealand in 2010, an investigation has found. The official report released today after 11 weeks of hearings on...

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Afghan Civilian Massacre: US Soldier In Court

A US soldier charged with the premeditated murder of 16 civilians in Afghanistan is due to appear in a military court on Monday. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is accused of walking off a US military base before dawn on March 11 and opening fire on...

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Boy Killed In Wild Dog Area At Pittsburgh Zoo

A two-year-old has been killed at a zoo in the US after he fell off a railing into an enclosure for wild dogs. Pittsburgh police said the boy's mother put him on top of the railing at the edge of a viewing deck to see the African painted dogs. But...

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