Cuba Bus Crash: Two UK Tourists Among Injured

Sixteen passengers, including two Britons, have been injured in Cuba after a bus left the road and flipped over. State-run newspaper Cinco de Septiembre said the crash occurred in the province of Cienfuegos on the route between Trinidad and Varadero,...

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Snowden Offered Asylum In Two Countries

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has been told he could be welcomed in Nicaragua and Venezuela after applying to another six countries for asylum. Speaking at a public event, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his government was willing to...

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Egypt Clashes Turn Deadly As Troops Open Fire

By Dominic Waghorn, Sky News Correspondent, in Cairo At least 36 people in Egypt have died and over 1,000 were hurt in fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Supporters of the former leader marched to...

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Islamic Militants Kill 30 In Nigeria School Attack

Armed Islamic militants have killed 29 students and an English teacher in an attack on a boarding school in northeastern Nigeria. Survivors being treated for burns and gunshot wounds said some students were burned alive in the attack on Saturday which...

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Fireworks Injure 28 At Independence Day Event

Malfunctioning fireworks are being blamed for a blast that injured 28 people at a 4th of July celebration northwest of Los Angeles. Around 20 people had to be taken to hospital late on Thursday night with minor to serious injuries after the explosion...

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Egypt Braced For Violence Amid Coup Protests

Muslim Brotherhood's Future Updated: 12:46pm UK, Friday 05 July 2013 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent Some 300 leaders rounded up, gone into hiding or facing travel bans; its Supreme Guide and his deputy labelled as wanted men - Egypt's...

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Freak Meeting Reunites Twins After 41 Years

By Victoria Wei and Sabrina Zeng, in Beijing Twin brothers, separated as babies, have been reunited after more than 40 years following a chance encounter in China's Sichuan province. In late June, a friend of Chengdu resident Zeng Yong, 41, said...

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Pope Clears John Paul II For Sainthood

Pope Francis has cleared John Paul II for sainthood, approving a second miracle attributed to his intercession, the Vatican says. John Paul was extremely popular during much of his 27-year-papacy.  He died in 2005 at age 84. The canonisation...

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Egyptians Celebrate Revolutionary Encore

By Dominic Waghorn, in Cairo Elated crowds thronged Tahrir Square and let loose fireworks into the night sky as they celebrated what they say is a second revolution. One young protester told Sky News: "I feel proud, I feel happy I feel relieved...

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Doctor Punches Heart Surgery Patient In Chest

Footage has emerged of a doctor punching a patient in the chest just after a heart bypass operation. Highly-regarded Russian anaesthesiologist Dr Andrey Votyakov told investigators he was extremely tired after a 36-hour shift and grew angry when the...

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Egypt Coup: Interim President Is Sworn In

The head of the constitutional court has been sworn in as Egypt's interim president, a day after the overthrow of the country's first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Morsi. Adli Mansour took his oath of office under an army transition plan in...

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Nelson Mandela Children Reburied At Qunu

The exhumed remains of three of Nelson Mandela's children have been reburied in his childhood village of Qunu, AFP has reported. "We are here now at the graveyard burying the remains," police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said. The remains...

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Portugal: Markets Fall As Crisis Deepens

Portugal's financial crisis has reignited, triggering a stock market plunge and once again raising the spectre that its borrowing costs could soon become unsustainable. Share prices plummeted 6% in early trading on Wednesday and other major stock markets,...

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Egypt Sex Attacks Reach 'Horrific' Levels

Almost 100 women have been sexually assaulted in Cairo's Tahrir Square in just four days, according to Human Rights Watch. The charity described the attacks as "rampant" and said they highlight the "failure of the government and all political parties...

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Egypt: 'Crisis Meeting Held' As Deadline Looms

Military chiefs in Egypt have reportedly met for crisis talks, as an army deadline to resolve the country's political crisis draws near. Senior commanders attended the meeting of the Armed Forces General Command, military sources claimed. Meanwhile,...

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Mandela Family Remains 'Must Be Exhumed'

By Robert Nisbet, Sky News Correspondent Nelson Mandela's eldest grandson has lost his appeal against a court order to return the remains of three relatives to a graveyard where the former president was raised. Mandla Mandela, who is the chief...

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Snowden Changes His Mind On Asylum In Russia

Fugitive Edward Snowden has withdrawn his request for political asylum in Russia after Moscow told him he would have to stop leaking US intelligence reports. The news comes after it emerged that the 30-year-old, who faces espionage charges in America,...

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Bond And Bueller Cars To Be Auctioned Off

Two famous movie cars are going up for sale - the Ferrari from classic 80s movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off and James Bond's submersible Lotus. The Bond car, which appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me, goes under the hammer in London in September and the...

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Russia: Lebedev Guilty Over Chat Show Brawl

Media magnate Alexander Lebedev has been found guilty of battery over a brawl on a TV chat show in his native Russia. The financial backer of Britain's Independent and Evening Standard newspapers had claimed the case against him was politically motivated....

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Marine Le Pen: Far-Right Leader Loses Immunity

The European Parliament has lifted French National Front leader Marine Le Pen's criminal and civil immunity, opening the way for race hate charges. Prosecutors in Lyon in central France are investigating Ms Le Pen for alleged incitement to racial hatred...

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Brazil Violence Mars Confederations Cup Final

Molotov cocktails were hurled at police as violence broke out before the Confederations Cup final match in Brazil. Police responded by firing tear gas and shock grenades at the crowd as the protests turned violent. One protester, who did not give her...

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Croatia Celebrates European Union Membership

Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union, a major milestone which comes some 20 years after the country won independence in a bloody civil war. It is the bloc's first addition since Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007. The republic...

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Egypt: Seven Killed As Protests Turn Violent

Four ministers have resigned from Egypt's ruling cabinet amid fierce protests against President Mohamed Morsi. The ministers of tourism, environment, communication and legal affairs handed in their letters of resignation together to Prime Minister Hisham...

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Arizona Wildfire: 19 Firefighters Killed

Nineteen elite firefighters have been killed while battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona. The firefighters, 18 of whom are believed to have been from the specially-trained Granite Mountain Hotshots, were caught by the blaze near the central town...

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Snowden Spying Claims: US 'Bugged EU Offices'

European Union offices in Brussels and the US were bugged by Washington, according to fresh spying allegations reportedly made by fugitive Edward Snowden. The German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported the new claims by the former US intelligence...

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Egypt: Crowds Gather For Anti-Morsi Protests

Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo ahead of mass demonstrations across Egypt today - a year since President Mohamed Morsi came to power. Scores of people gathered at Tahrir Square, the seat of the uprising of 2011. Others gathered outside the...

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Obama Visits Mandela's Robben Island Cell

Barack Obama and his family have visited the stark cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison during the apartheid regime. The US President arrived in Cape Town ahead of his visit to the jail on Robben Island, now preserved as a tribute...

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Croatia PM Dismisses Fears About Joining EU

Croatia's prime minister has told Sky News his people have a "reasonable amount of scepticism" about entering the European Union, with just hours until the country becomes a member. Zoran Milanovic sought to dispel doubts about becoming the bloc's 28th...

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