Venezuela Prison Riot Kills Dozens Of Inmates

Up to 50 people have been killed and scores more injured in clashes at a prison in Venezuela, according to hospital officials and local media. Television footage showed National Guard troops surrounding the Uribana prison as inmates in bloody clothes...

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Anti-Doping Chief: Armstrong 'Lied On Oprah'

The head of the US Anti-Doping Agency has claimed shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong lied during a TV interview with Oprah Winfrey. In an interview with CBS show 60 Minutes, which will air on Sunday, Mr Tygart said Armstrong was not telling the truth when...

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Many Dead After Football Fans Sentenced

Troops are being sent to Port Said after violent clashes erupted following the sentencing to death of football fans who rioted during a game in 2012. As the sentence was read out in court and broadcast live on Egyptian television, families of those...

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Adrian Donohoe Killing Condemned By Irish PM

The Irish leader Enda Kenny has described the fatal shooting of a Garda detective during a botched hold-up as "cold blooded violence". Adrian Donohoe was with a colleague escorting a cash delivery to a credit union in Dundalk, County Louth, when he...

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Bolshoi Acid Attack: Dancers Return To Stage

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent An acid attack on the artistic director of Moscow's Bolshoi ballet company has led several insiders to speak out about Russia's ballet wars. Sergei Filin remains in hospital where surgeons are working to...

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Samsung Q4 Profits Surge 76% Over Smartphones

Samsung has seen its quarterly profits soar by 76%, boosted by the popularity of its Galaxy smartphones, which have outsold the iPhone for a fourth straight quarter. Net profit for the final quarter of 2012 totaled 7.04 trn South Korean won (£4.1bn),...

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Egypt: Protests Begin In Cairo On Anniversary

Protests have started in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government. Despite President Mohamed Morsi calling for calm, protesters have been making...

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Algeria Siege: Norwegians Confirmed Dead

Two Norwegian oil workers have been confirmed dead after the al Qaeda hostage crisis in Algeria last week. Norwegian oil firm Statoil confirmed the deaths following the siege at the Amenas gas plant. The firm said three others were still listed as...

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Bindi Irwin Furious Over Clinton Essay Snub

Wildlife campaigner Bindi Irwin has withdrawn an essay she submitted to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's e-journal after she claimed it was edited to remove lines about over-population. The 14-year-old wrote the 1,000-word essay which was due...

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North Korea Plans Nuclear Test 'Aimed At US'

North Korea plans a nuclear test and more long-range rocket launches, aimed at what it calls its "arch-enemy", the United States. A declaration by the National Defence Commission, said: "We do not hide that the various satellites and long-range rockets...

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Austrian Police Bust 'Nazi' Network

Police in Austria have broken up an extreme-right network arresting 10 and discovering a cache of explosives and weapons. The group is suspected of illegal arms trading, burglaries, illegal prostitution, and other crimes, which police estimate have...

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Antarctica: Plane Missing, Three On Board

Attempts to find a small plane carrying three Canadians on an Antarctica trip, which disappeared on Wednesday, have been delayed because of bad weather. The Twin Otter aircraft was on a routine supply trip between bases when it lost contact with the...

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Netanyahu Claims Win In Israel Election

By Tom Rayner, Middle East News Editor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in the country's parliamentary elections, but suffered losses to new parties on the left and right. Mr Netanyahu told his supporters he feels a...

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US: Top General Cleared By Misconduct Probe

The top US commander in Afghanistan has been cleared of wrongdoing over emails with a woman tied to the sex scandal that forced CIA director David Petraeus to resign. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was informed of the conclusion by the Pentagon's inspector...

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Irish Nanny Charged Over Baby Death In US

An Irish nanny living illegally in America has been charged with violently assaulting a baby who later died. Aisling McCarthy Brady, 34, from Quincy, Massachusetts, is alleged to have been the sole carer for the girl on January 14 - her first birthday...

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Algeria: BP 'Fears The Worst' Over Employees

BP says it fears the worst for four employees from the Algerian hostage siege crisis who are still unaccounted for. "The gas complex is so big that we are still in the process of looking for bodies, especially those of missing foreigners," said a BP...

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Israeli Vote Could Kill Peace Process Patient

She was mobbed by journalists but not by ordinary Israeli voters as she toured a Tel Aviv shopping mall canvassing. On the eve of the country's general elections, Tzipi Livni, a former Israeli prime minister, told Sky News that Israel's left had failed...

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Israel's Extremist Right Set For Cabinet Posts

By Tom Rayner, Middle East News Editor, Jerusalem Israelis go to the polls today in an election that could have a devastating impact on hopes for a future peace deal with the Palestinians. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to...

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Bali: Death Penalty For British Drug Smuggler

British woman Lindsay Sandiford has been sentenced to death for drug smuggling on the Indonesian island of Bali. The 56-year-old grandmother, originally from Redcar, Teesside, had been found guilty of violating the country's strict drug laws. Sandiford...

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Russian Citizens Flee Conflict In Syria

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent Russia has insisted it is not evacuating its citizens from Syria, even as two planes left Moscow to begin an airlift of around 100 people from the country. The aircraft will land in Beirut in neighbouring...

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Dreamliner Fire: Investigation Widened

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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Algeria Crisis: Missing Brit Hostages Sought

David Cameron is to update MPs on the aftermath of the Algerian hostage crisis - as the death toll from the violent siege rose to 80. Three Britons are now known to have died in a four-day siege at the BP gas plant and three more are believed to be...

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Message In A Bottle Reunited With Family

A message in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the man who wrote it. The bottle was found on a beach in New Zealand by Geoff Flood in November 2012, but had been set adrift in 1936. Inside...

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Commuter Trains Collide In Austria

Two commuter trains have collided head-on during the rush-hour in the Austrian capital Vienna. Dozens of people were injured, five of them seriously. "Two of the seriously injured are in a life-threatening condition, one of whom is one of the...

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Obama's Gun Controls 'Will Fail', Says Gun Lobby

By Greg Milam, US correspondent The organiser of America's first Gun Appreciation Day has told Sky News that any government attempt to limit access to firearms is destined to fail. Gun owners across the United States were encouraged to rally at...

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Bulgaria Gun Attack: Turkish Politician Escapes

A man jumped on stage and pointed a gas pistol at the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party before security guards wrestled him to the ground during a live televised conference. Ahmed Dogan, the long-time leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms...

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Barack Obama Kicks Off Inauguration Events

US President Barack Obama will take the first of two oaths for his second term later today. Mr Obama will be sworn in during a small ceremony at the White House. He will take the oath of office again on Monday before hundreds of thousands of people...

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Hostage Crisis: Three Britons Confirmed Dead

Three Britons have been killed and another three are believed to have died in the Algerian hostage crisis, David Cameron has announced. The Prime Minister said a British resident is also thought to have been killed in the four day stand-off in the desert...

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