Boeing Dreamliner Deliveries Halted

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Timeline Updated: 1:50am UK, Saturday 19 January 2013 The turbulent history of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Jan 19, 2013: Boeing says it is stopping deliveries of the Dreamliner to airlines. Jan 18, 2013: US Federal Aviation Administration...

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Lance Armstrong: I Deserve To Compete Again

Lance Armstrong believes he should be given the opportunity to compete again, saying his life ban feels like a "death penalty". The 41-year-old Texan has confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France victories....

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Algeria Hostage Crisis: UK's 'Top Priority'

At least 10 Britons remain unaccounted for as Algerian special forces continue to hunt for the remaining al Qaeda-linked militants at a BP gas plant. Foreign Secretary William Hague has chaired a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee...

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Manti Te'o Denies Role In Dead Girlfriend Hoax

American college football star Manti Te'o has insisted he played no role in the hoax involving his 'imaginary girlfriend'. In his first interview since the scandal erupted, the Notre Dame linebacker said he was tricked by three people who have confessed...

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Algeria: Hostage 'Had Explosives Around Neck'

An Irishman who escaped from the Algerian hostage crisis had explosives tied around his neck, his brother has revealed. Father-of-two Stephen McFaul, from west Belfast, fled after the vehicle he had been travelling in crashed after coming under attack...

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China Economy: GDP Accelerates At End Of 2012

China's economic growth has accelerated for the first time in two years, according to figures released by the country's government. However, the 7.9% gross domestic product (GDP) rise in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2012 masks a broader slowdown. The...

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Bolshoi Ballet Boss Has Acid Thrown In Face

The Bolshoi Theatre's artistic director has been hospitalised with third-degree burns and may lose his eyesight following an acid attack by a masked man in Moscow. Sergei Filin, 43, was attacked as he got out of his car outside his home, according to...

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Cameron Condemns 'Brutal And Savage' Attack

Algerian forces launched their rescue mission fearing an "immediate threat" to the hostages, David Cameron has told the House of Commons. The attempt to rescue gas workers taken hostage by al Qaeda-linked militants ended in a number of deaths, including...

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Boeing Dreamliners Grounded Across The World

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Timeline Updated: 12:15pm UK, Thursday 17 January 2013 The turbulent history of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Jan 17, 2013: The European Aviation Safety Agency, US Federal Aviation Administration and Qatar Airways ground their Dreamliners....

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Dreamliners: Boeing Reputation Is On The Line

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Timeline Updated: 12:15pm UK, Thursday 17 January 2013 The turbulent history of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Jan 17, 2013: The European Aviation Safety Agency, US Federal Aviation Administration and Qatar Airways ground their Dreamliners....

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Multiple Murderer Finally Gets Execution Wish

A man who strangled two cellmates, and threatened to go on killing, has become the first to be executed in the US this year. Robert Gleason died in Virginia's electric chair at 9:08pm on Wednesday at the Greensville Correctional Centre. The 42-year-old...

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Algeria Crisis: 'Gunmen Free 25 Hostages'

Gunmen in an ongoing stand-off with Algerian forces at a gas compound have reportedly demanded safe passage, amid reports up to 25 foreign hostages are now free. William Hague earlier condemned the killing of a Briton at the plant near the border with...

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Honduras: British Tourist 'Shot Dead By Robbers'

A British tourist has been shot dead in an apparent mugging in Honduras. The man was taking photos in San Pedro Sula, the Central American nation's second city, when he was attacked by two armed men, police said. Deputy Police Chief Leonel Sauceda...

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Boeing Dreamliners Grounded By Japan Airlines

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Timeline Updated: 4:05am UK, Wednesday 16 January 2013 The turbulent history of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Jan 16, 2013: Japan Air Lines Co Ltd (JAL) follows suit and suspends Dreamliner flights from Japan over safety concerns...

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French President: Mali Operation Going Well

France's military intervention in Mali is progressing well, French President Francois Hollande has told Sky News. The French military plans to more than double its current force in the West African state. Speakling in Abu Dhabi, Mr Hollande said: "We...

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Egyptian President In Anti-Semitic Rant

Before he became President of the Arab world's most populous nation, Mohamed Morsi called Jews "bloodsuckers ... warmongers ... descendants of apes and pigs". These comments cannot be dismissed as the ranting of a callow anti-Semitic youth; they were...

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Pakistan: Clashes At Protests Called By Qadri

By Alex Rossi, Asia Correspondent Security forces in Pakistan have fired live rounds in the air and used tear gas to try to control anti-government protests. Television pictures also showed demonstrators throwing stones at a rally in Islamabad...

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Lance Armstrong 'Confesses Drug Use To Oprah'

Fallen sports star Lance Armstrong has admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, according to reports. In an interview with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, the cyclist ended a decade of denial, according to the AP news agency. It cited a source...

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Cleaner Steals Train And Hits House In Sweden

A cleaner has been arrested after stealing a train before it crashed at high speed into a house, Swedish officials say. Police officers at the scene of the crash The woman was seriously injured when the train derailed at Saltsjobaden station, southeast...

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Pakistan: Top Court Orders PM Ashraf's Arrest

Pakistan's supreme court has ordered the arrest of prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over corruption claims. The surprise move plunges the country into fresh political turmoil and came as populist cleric Tahirul Qadri demanded the resignation of the...

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez 'Fighting For Life'

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is "fighting for his life", according to his former deputy. The cancer-stricken leader has not been seen in public for more than a month, fuelling growing political uncertainty in the oil-rich country. "The situation...

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Beijing Pollution 'Hazardous' For Fourth Day

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing Sunrise in Beijing on Monday revealed a marginally clearer skyline, but pollution remains at levels considered 'hazardous' for a fourth consecutive day. According to an air quality monitor on the roof...

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Imani Green: Eight Held Over Brit Girl's Death

Eight people have reportedly been arrested over the fatal shooting of British schoolgirl Imani Green in Jamaica. The eight-year-old, from Balham, south London, was on holiday visiting relatives when she was killed in the rural village of Duncans, ...

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Syrian Regime 'Using Banned Cluster Bombs'

By Tom Rayner, Middle East News Editor The Syrian regime has used rocket launchers to fire banned cluster bombs on least two occasions in the last two months, according to a new report. An investigation published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims...

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Israel Evicts Palestinians From Protest Camp

Palestinian protesters have been forced out of a camp they set up in an area earmarked for a Jewish housing project. Israeli police backed by bulldozers evicted the group from the West Bank hilltop in the early hours of Sunday, two days after 200 Palestinian...

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Egypt Court Orders Hosni Mubarak Retrial

An Egyptian court has granted ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak an appeal over his life sentence. The 84-year-old was convicted and jailed for life in June last year for failing to prevent the killing of some 900 protestors during the 2011...

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Beijing Pollution 'Hazardous' For Third Day

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, Beijing Severe pollution is affecting large areas of northern China for a third consecutive day. In the capital Beijing, a layer of smog blanketing the city remains at a level considered hazardous. On Saturday,...

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Mali: British Military Plane 'Leaving Today'

The first British military plane destined to assist the French operation in Mali will leave this afternoon, Sky sources say. The RAF C17 will stop off in Paris to load before a 10-hour flight to the West African country and will not arrive before tomorrow,...

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