Facebook Targeted In 'Zero-Day' Hack Attack

Facebook has revealed it was the victim of a sophisticated attack by an unknown hacking group last month. The site's security was breached after a handful of Facebook employees unknowingly visited a website that had been compromised with malicious code....

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China Film Market Set To Take Over Hollywood

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent China has become the world's second largest film market and is predicted to be the largest, overtaking Hollywood, by the end of the decade. The country already boasts what is claimed to be the largest film studio...

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Russian Hunt For Meteorite As Clean-Up Begins

Divers are scouring the bottom of a Russian lake for the remains of meteor that plunged to Earth in a fireball and caused a booming shockwave. Part of the space rock, which was the size of a bus and blazed across western Siberia, is believed to have...

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Pistorius: Girlfirend's TV Show Goes Ahead

Producers are to broadcast a reality TV show featuring the dead girlfriend of athlete Oscar Pistorius later today, saying they have the backing of her family. Tropika Island of Treasure, showing Reeva Steenkamp on location in Jamaica, will be broadcast...

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Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent More than 500 people have been injured after a meteor strike in central Russia, the country's interior ministry said. Fragments of at least one meteorite - the weight of a double-decker bus - were seen falling...

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$1bn Gambling Loser Stole $2m From Charity

A former San Diego mayor has admitted taking $2.1m (£1.35m) in charity funds as she won and then lost $1bn (£644m) in a decade-long gambling spree. Maureen O'Connor claimed the addiction was brought on by grief following the death of her husband. It...

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Crippled Carnival Cruise Ship Finally Docks

Thousands of passengers stranded on a crippled cruise ship for nearly a week have finally docked in Alabama. There were cheers as the Carnival Triumph arrived in the Alabama port, after its first attempt failed when the towline being used to manoeuvre...

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Oscar Pistorius Breaks Down In Tears In Court

Olympic star Oscar Pistorius has broken down in tears as he appeared in court charged with murdering his girlfriend. He stood before magistrate Desmond Nair with his head bowed as the charge was read out. Prosecutors say they intend to prove that Pistorius...

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Oscar Pistorius Charged With Murder

Paralympic and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home in South Africa. Her body was discovered at the athlete's home in the Silver Woods country estate in...

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Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp Remembered

In the days leading up to her death, Reeva Steenkamp's excitement about Valentine's Day was clear. "What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow??? #getexcited," the girlfriend of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius tweeted. Miss Steenkamp...

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Oscar Pistorius: Shock After Gun Death Arrest

South Africa's Gun Death Epidemic Updated: 11:03am UK, Thursday 14 February 2013 With the 12th-highest gun crime death rate in the world, many South Africans have sought sanctuary in gated communities in parts of the country. Protected by high walls,...

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Man 'Sets Himself On Fire' At Rome Airport

Passengers have spoken of their shock after a man set himself alight at a Rome airport. The 19-year-old man, from the Ivory Coast, doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire in front of dozens of travellers and workers at Fiumicino airport, 10...

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Peugeot Citroen Hit By Record £4.29bn Loss

Embattled French car firm Peugeot Citroen has made a loss of 5bn euros (£4.29bn) for 2012, the worst result in its history. But France's number one automaker said it had built the foundations for recovery after cleaning up its balance sheet and implementing...

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Afghanistan Nato Air Strike 'Kills Children'

A Nato air strike on a Taliban hideout in Afghanistan has killed nine women and children, local officials say. "Five children, four women and a man were killed in the raid," said Kunar provincial governor Sayed Fazulullah Wahidi. A spokesman for...

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Pregnant Kate: Now Oz Mag To Show Pictures

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent An Australian publication has followed the lead of the Italian gossip magazine Chi and said it will publish photographs of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge in her bikini. The weekly magazine Woman's...

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Pope In First Outing Since Resignation

The Pope has made his first appearance in public since the shock announcement of his resignation on Monday. Benedict XVI received a lengthy standing ovation when he entered a packed audience hall in the Vatican, with applause from the audience, many...

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Pope Resigns: Frontrunners Emerge For Role

The Pope: What Happens Next? Updated: 3:13pm UK, Monday 11 February 2013 Whenever a pope dies or abdicates, their successor is drawn from the cardinals - the senior Roman Catholic bishops who normally assist the Pope in the Vatican or head up the various...

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Bali: Lindsay Sandiford Fights Death Penalty

By Jonathan Samuels, Sky News Correspondent A British woman has started an appeal against the death sentence she received in Indonesia for smuggling cocaine worth £1.6m into the resort island of Bali. Lindsay Sandiford, a grandmother from Cheltenham....

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North Korea Confirms 'Successful' Nuclear Test

North Korea has confirmed it has carried out a third nuclear test after monitoring agencies reported an "unusual seismic event". "A third nuclear test has been successfully staged," the North's state-run Korean Central News agency said. "The nuclear...

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Ryanair: EU Blocks Aer Lingus Merger

Budget airline Ryanair has said the European Commission (EC) intends to prohibit its proposed merger with smaller Irish rival Aer Lingus. The budget airline said the decision is a political one that is not based on competition law. The company said...

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Russia Coal Mine Explosion Kills 16 Miners

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent Sixteen miners have died and two are thought to be trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Russia. Rescue teams are attempting to reach the men at the Vorkutinskaya mine in Vorkuta,...

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Pope Benedict Resigns, Vatican Confirms

Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on February 28 due to his "deteriorating" health. He will be the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in almost 600 years, with his departure expected to leave the post vacant for around three weeks. The...

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Pope Benedict Resignation: Global Reaction

Reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's decision to resign as head of the Catholic Church has started to come in from around the world. Political reaction was led by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said: "I send my best wishes to Pope Benedict following...

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Profile: The Pope Known As 'God's Rottweiler'

Pope Benedict XVI was one of the oldest new popes in history when he was elected in 2005 at the age of 78. Previously known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he served longer as a cardinal than any pope since Benedict XIII (1724-30) and had said he was...

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New Orleans Mardi Gras Shooting: Four Injured

Four people have been shot in New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street during the city's annual Mardi Gras celebrations. One man was critically injured and has undergone surgery after he was shot in the abdomen, thigh and pelvic area. Another man and two...

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US Blizzard: Warnings Of Flash Flooding

A major clear-up is under way after a blizzard battered the northeast US. People in New England began the job of digging out from as much as a metre of snow, while emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded overnight in New...

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Afghanistan: New General To Oversee Withdrawal

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent A new man takes control of Isaf forces in Afghanistan today. A ceremony in Kabul will mark the end of General John Allen's 19 months in the job as he hands over to fellow US Marine General Joseph Dunford....

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Charlie Sheen's Video Message To Wanted Cop

Charlie Sheen has released an online video urging an ex-cop accused of three killings to call him, after the actor was named in the man's chilling online manifesto. Police are hunting for Christopher Dorner, a 33-year-old former LA Police Department...

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