Music School Helping Soweto Children At Risk

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent A South African music school set up by a British woman to help the poorest children in Soweto is in danger of closing down because of lack of funds. Buskaid, a charity, has helped thousands of poor children...

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Winter Storm Kills Eight And Disrupts Travel

A winter storm has killed eight people and caused travel misery as it sweeps across the United States. The powerful weather system, which dumped more than half a metre of snow in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri earlier this...

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India: Tear Gas Fired At Gang Rape Protesters

Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who were demanding justice and safety for women following the brutal gang rape of a student on a bus. Thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi surged towards the president's palace chanting...

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Pope Pardons Butler Jailed In Vatican Leaks

Pope Benedict XVI has granted a Christmas pardon to his former butler, who was convicted and jailed in the VatiLeaks scandal. The Pope visited Paolo Gabriele in the Vatican police barracks in the morning to tell him personally of the pardon, the Vatican...

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Sandy Hook Survivors: Date For New School Term

The survivors from Sandy Hook Elementary are to return to school immediately after the New Year's holiday. Nearly 600 students from kindergarten to the fourth grade will start attending the former Chalk Hill Middle School in neighbouring Monroe, Connecticut,...

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Nancy Lanza: Private Funeral For Killer's Mum

A private funeral has been held for the woman whose son shot her dead at their Connecticut home and then drove to an elementary school and killed 20 children. Kingston police Chief Donald Briggs said around 25 family members attended the ceremony at...

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Argentinian Woman To Wed Twin Sister's Killer

An Argentinian woman is to marry the man convicted of killing her twin sister - but her mother is determined to stop the wedding. Edith Casas's fiancee Victor Cingolani is serving a 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Johana Casas. The 19-year-old...

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Apocalypse? Not Now, As World Survives

An ancient prediction that the world would end this morning has failed to come true. As the clock counted down to - and then passed - 11.11am, people around the world used the moment as an excuse for a party. December 21 marks the end of the 5,125-year...

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Knife Attacks: Pupils Taught To Combat Threat

Chinese schools are teaching young students how to fight off knife-wielding attackers following a string of stabbings aimed at children. Twenty-seven people have been killed and more than 80 injured since March in a spate of knife attacks that have...

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India Elections: Modi Inches Closer To Top Job

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent Early election results in the Indian state of Gujarat suggest the controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi will win a fourth successive term by a landslide - sealing his status as a frontrunner in the...

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Russia's Vladimir Putin: I'm Not Authoritarian

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied he runs an authoritarian system, saying he has had plenty of chances to change the constitution but never has. In his first major news conference of his third term as president, he said: "I cannot call this...

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US Shooting Spurs Bulletproof Backpack Sales

Sales of bulletproof backpacks have soared in the days after the shootings of 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. One company, Amendment II, sells Avengers and Little Mermaid-themed bags for boys and girls respectively,...

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South Korea's Knife-Edge Vote For A President

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Polls have closed in the South Korean presidential election with the result hanging on a knife-edge. Voters have chosen between the centre-right candidate for the ruling Saenuri Party, Park Geun-Hye and her centre-left...

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US Benghazi Report Slams 'Inadequate' Security

An inquiry into the September 11 attack in Libya that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans has said security arrangements were "grossly inadequate". The independent panel blamed systematic management and leadership failures at the State...

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US Shooting: Doubts Over Lanza Asperger's Claim

By Brian Donathan, Sky News Online A psychologist has told Sky News the actions of mass killer Adam Lanza were not consistent with someone who has Asperger's syndrome. The gunman's parents reportedly informed friends and divorce mediators that...

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School Shooting: Obama Wants New Gun Policies

Barack Obama is tasking Joe Biden to head up a new government panel to formulate fresh policies to deal with gun violence, following last Friday's school shooting. The president will formally outline the role of the vice president - a longtime gun control...

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Jalal Talabani: Iraqi President Has Stroke

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is fighting for his life after suffering a stroke, an official has said. Mr Talabani is being treated at a hospital in Baghdad but may be flown to another country for treatment, said Prime Minister's spokesman Ali al Moussawi....

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Pakistan: Polio Vaccination Workers Shot Dead

Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead four women giving polio vaccinations in Pakistan. The attacks were carried out in three different areas of Karachi, the country's biggest city. The women - all Pakistanis - were killed on the second day of a three-day...

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Fiji: Cyclone Evan Leaves Trail Of Destruction

Tropical Cyclone Evan has left a swathe of destruction across Fiji, destroying homes, flooding rivers and stranding thousands of tourists. The storm hammered the Pacific nation for more than 12 hours. But, despite the damage, officials reported no...

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Samsung Drops Apple Lawsuits In Europe

Samsung has dropped its European patent lawsuits against Apple, as the bitter rivals' ongoing legal saga continues. The announcement by the Seoul-based company comes shortly after a US judge rejected Apple's call to ban the sale of several Samsung smartphone...

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Afghan Landmine Blast Kills 10 Young Girls

By Mustafa Kazemi, in Kabul Ten young girls have been killed by a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The children were collecting firewood when one of them accidentally struck the mine with an axe, according to Chapahar district...

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Japan: New PM Shinzo Abe Fires China Warning

By Mark Stone, Asia correspondent Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued an early warning to China, just hours after a landslide victory for his right-wing Liberal Democratic Party. Speaking at his first news conference, Mr Abe reiterated...

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Shooting: Lanza's Mum 'Prepared For Worst'

The mother of the Connecticut gunman, who was the first of his 27 victims and was killed with a rifle she owned, was "prepared for the worst", according to people who knew her. Adam Lanza's aunt said Nancy Lanza had a survivalist mentality and was worried...

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Jacintha Saldanha: Nurse's Funeral In India

Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to the nurse who was found dead after taking a royal hoax call in a small town in India. The funeral for mother-of-two Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was held in the Catholic parish church Our Lady of Health...

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US Shooting: Victims Were Shot Multiple Times

US Shooting: Deadliest Massacres Updated: 12:23pm UK, Saturday 15 December 2012 The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, is among the deadliest in modern US history. Adam Lanza, 20, killed his mother before opening fire...

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Victoria Soto Shot Dead After Saving Pupils

Gunman's Family Release Statements Updated: 4:22am UK, Sunday 16 December 2012 The father of and uncle of dead gunman Adam Lanza have released statements, as America comes to terms with its most deadly school massacre. Peter Lanza, who has been interviewed...

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Japan Election: Ex-PM Set For Return To Power

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Japan has made a political lurch to the right with exit polls in the country's general election indicating a strong win for the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Exit polls by several local TV broadcasters...

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British Boy Dies In US School Shooting

A British-born boy has been named as one of the victims of the worst school shooting in America's history, Sky News has learned. Dylan Hockley, 6, was shot dead by a gunman at an elementary school in Connecticut. He was born in Hampshire to a British...

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