Malala Tells Obama: 'End The Drone Strikes'

Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yusufzai has told the US President that drone strikes in her country are "fuelling terrorism". The 16-year-old schoolgirl, who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen who attacked her school bus in Pakistan's...

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Vietnam Firework Factory Explosion Kills 21

An explosion at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 21 people and left dozens more injured. An army official said the blast was at a military-run facility in Phu Tho province which employs around 300 workers, mostly women. "Twenty-one...

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Cyclone Phailin Nears India As Thousands Flee

More than 440,000 people have been evacuated their homes in two states as a huge cyclone approaches the east coast of India. India's weather office issued a red alert, saying the "very severe cyclonic storm Phailin" was packing gusts as high as 150mph (240kph)....

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Migrant Sinking Kills 34 As More Boats Spotted

The Italian navy has rescued 183 migrants from a fishing boat in the Mediterranean as at least 140 Syrians arrived in Malta after being rescued from another sinking boat yesterday. Among the migrants, who come from Nigeria, Syria and Tunisia, are 34...

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Pope Medal Recalled Over Jesus Spelling Error

More than 6,000 medals marking the first year of Pope Francis have been swiftly withdrawn by the Vatican because the name Jesus was misspelt. The letter "J" on the commemorative coin, specially produced by the Italian State Mint, was instead engraved...

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Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Weapons Watchdog

Full List Of Nobel Peace Prize Winners Updated: 11:10am UK, Friday 11 October 2013 Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded: 2013: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

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Syria Rebels Parade Child Hostages On YouTube

Rebel forces in Syria have killed at least 190 civilians and seized dozens of child hostages, who they have paraded in a video posted on YouTube, Human Rights Watch says. Fighters burned villages, threw bodies in mass graves and kidnapped women and...

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Nazi War Criminal Erich Priebke Dies In Italy

Former SS officer and Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has died in Italy, according to Italian media. ...

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Woman Denied Help Gives Birth On Hospital Lawn

A photograph of an indigenous woman in Mexico taken as she gave birth outside a clinic where she was denied help has led to the suspension of the health centre's director. Irma Lopez and her husband were turned away from the health centre by a nurse...

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Deputy Nuclear Chief Fired Amid Gambling Probe

The deputy commander of US nuclear forces has been fired because of a gambling investigation. US Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina was notified that he had been relieved of duty amid allegations that he used counterfeit chips at an Iowa casino. He will...

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Taylor To Serve War Crimes Sentence In UK

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in a UK prison, the Government has confirmed. Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said Taylor would be transferred to a British jail following his conviction by the Special...

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Libya PM Zeidan Freed After Kidnap At Gunpoint

Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed several hours after being kidnapped at dawn by gunmen at the Tripoli hotel where he is living. The brazen abduction seemed to be in retaliation for a raid by US special forces in the capital over the...

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Egypt: Ousted President Morsi To Face Trial

The trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi on charges of inciting the murder of protesters is due to start on November 4. Morsi will stand trial with 14 other members of his Muslim Brotherhood over the killings of at least 10 protesters outside his...

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IMF Issues $2.3trn Warning Over QE's End

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor, In Washington Investors could be facing a potential loss of $2.3trn (£1.44trn) if the world's central banks cannot smoothly unwind the emergency measures carried out during the financial crisis, the International...

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Alitalia Could Be Grounded Over Unpaid Bills

Italian airline Alitalia is running the risk of being refused fuel for its planes as the company battles to secure its future. Alitalia, which employs 14,000 staff, has been told by Italian provider ENI that its taps will be turned off unless unpaid...

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Hungarian Man Dies In China Wingsuit Jump

A Hungarian man has died while performing a 700m (2,290ft) wingsuit jump in central China. The body of Victor Kovats was discovered in the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Hunan province on Wednesday, the day after his jump, according to state...

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Brazil Teachers' Pay Protest Turns Violent

Clashes erupted in Rio de Janeiro as thousands of people gathered for a march in support of striking teachers. The march began peacefully on the Brazilian city's main avenue, but chaos broke out once night fell.    A small group of protesters...

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Syria Inspectors 'Face Unprecedented Danger'

UN inspectors face a year-long mission of unprecedented danger in trying to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned. And as Mr Ban set out a blueprint for the most dangerous disarmament operation ever staged,...

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Putin Wants Dutch Apology After Diplomat Held

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that the Netherlands apologise after a diplomat working for the Russian embassy in the Hague was detained by police and questioned overnight. "This is the most gross breach of the Vienna Convention. We are...

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Debt Ceiling: Senate Seeks To Break Impasse

Senate Democrats will put forward a measure to raise the federal debt ceiling, trying to break a political impasse that could lead the US to default on its debt. The majority leader in the upper house, Harry Reid, could unveil the stand-alone measure...

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Nobel: Cell Biologists Win Medicine Prize

Three cell biologists at US universities have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries on how hormones, enzymes and other substances are transported within cells. The three recipients are Americans James Rothman and Randy Schekman and German-born...

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Egypt: Dozens Dead After Pro-Morsi Protests

At least 50 people have been killed in Egypt in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The figure, from a health ministry official, comes as Morsi supporters protested in several cities during army celebrations...

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Egypt: Security Forces 'Targeted' In Attacks

Gunmen have killed an army officer, lieutenant and four soldiers in an attack on a patrol near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, security officials said. The attack took place north of the city, where suspected militants have repeatedly targeted security...

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Kerry Defends Terror Suspect's Capture

Libyia Raid: US Scores Huge Success Updated: 1:07pm UK, Monday 07 October 2013 The Americans have scored a major success in capturing one of their most wanted al Qaeda suspects in Libya, but the operation has reminded some in the UK of a time, pre...

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Iraq: 15 Dead In Twin Suicide Bomb Blasts

Suicide bombers have blown up vehicles packed with explosives at a school and police station in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 people of whom many were children. One drove a truck into the playground of a primary school in Qabak, near...

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Syria: UN Begins Destroying Chemical Weapons

Weapons experts have begun destroying Syria's chemical stockpiles and production facilities, a UN source has told AP news service. The source said members of the team from the UN and The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...

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Al Shabaab: US Forces Abort Somalia Terror Raid

US special forces have aborted a mission to capture an al Shabaab leader in Somalia after coming under heavy attack. Their target was Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, also known as Ahmed Godane, who claimed responsibility for last month's Nairobi shopping mall...

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