China Scrambles Fighter Jets In Islands Row

China Island Strategy 'Risky' Updated: 2:13pm UK, Friday 29 November 2013 By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Politically, nothing happens by accident in China. It was no co-incidence that as China sent its fighter jets into the newly...

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Bulgaria Builds Fence To Keep Out Immigrants

Bulgaria is building a razor wire fence on a 30-kilometre (19-mile) stretch of the country's border with Turkey, which it claims is to try to stop illegal immigration. The three-metre-high fence is expected to be ready by February. It it will run mainly...

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Germany: 'Cannibal Cop' Buried Victim In Garden

A German policeman has been arrested after the butchered body of a man he met on a fetish website for cannibalism was found buried in his garden. The 55-year-old confessed to slashing the throat of his willing victim and then cutting his body into small...

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Romanian PM Warns UK: We're Not Second-Rate

Romania's Prime Minister has called on Britain not to treat Romanians as "second-rate citizens" when work restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian workers are lifted in January. It follows Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to toughen welfare rules...

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Falklands Oil Row: Argentina's Threat To Firms

Argentina has threatened oil firms seeking to operate off the Falkland Islands with 15-year jail terms, huge fines and confiscation of assets. It is just the latest chapter in the dispute with Britain over sovereignty. Its London embassy announced...

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China Scrambles Fighter Jets In Islands Row

Chinese fighter jets have reportedly been sent to patrol disputed air space over the East China Sea after Japanese and South Korean planes flew into the region. The move, described as a "defensive measure" by an air force spokesman quoted by a state...

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Thailand: Opposition Protesters Invade Army HQ

Around 1,200 protesters have broken into Thailand's army headquarters, calling on the military to help topple the government. The crowd broke a padlocked gate at the Royal Thai Army compound and forced their way inside, saying they wanted to submit...

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Brazil Stadium Bosses 'Warned Of Safety Fears'

Construction bosses were warned about safety at the World Cup stadium where a giant crane collapse killed two workers, a union has claimed. Antonio de Sousa Ramalho, president of Sao Paulo's civil industry workers' association, said supervisors pressed...

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World Cup Stadium Delay After Crane Deaths

Brazil is holding three days of national mourning for the two construction workers killed at a World Cup stadium that will now be completed up to two months late. The pair died when a crane at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo collapsed as it was hoisting...

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Tucson 'Captives Tortured With Loud Music'

Three sisters allegedly held captive by their mother and stepfather at their home in Tucson were monitored by video cameras in soundproof rooms, police said. Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said the couple used "technological and psychological"...

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Man Swapped At Birth Regrets Lost Life

A 60-year-old Japanese man switched at birth in a Toyko hospital has told of his shock at learning the truth of how different his life could have been. After winning a lawsuit against the hospital that mistakenly cast him from a wealthy family into...

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Ireland: Teen Held After Woman Killed At Home

A 19-year-old man has been arrested over the suspicious death of an English mother-of-one who was reportedly attacked with a hatchet at a remote cottage in Ireland. The body of Susan Dunne, aged in her 50s, was discovered with serious head injuries...

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Haitian Refugees Cling To Capsized Freighter

The US Coast Guard is trying to rescue nearly 100 Haitian refugees whose overloaded vessel capsized off the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force says at least 20 migrants may have been killed after the 40ft freighter grounded and capsized about...

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The Bay Psalm Book Sets World Record At Auction

A tiny book of psalms from 1640 has sold for $14.2m (£8.8m) in New York City, setting an auction record for a printed book. The Bay Psalm Book is believed to be the first book printed in what is now the US. Sotheby's offered it for sale on Tuesday...

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Simon Gittany Guilty Of High-Rise Murder

A man has been found guilty of throwing his fiancee off the balcony of their high-rise apartment in central Sydney. Ms Harnum was planning to leave Gittany Simon Gittany was accused of hurling Lisa Harnum from their 15th floor home in a fit of "apoplectic"...

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Berlusconi To Learn Fate In Senate Vote

The Italian Senate will vote later on whether to expel Silvio Berlusconi from Parliament over his tax fraud conviction. Berlusconi is widely expected to lose his seat as both Prime Minister Enrico Letta's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and former...

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Afghanistan: Karzai Defiant Over US Deal Delay

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal which could see all US troops leave the country next year. There are still 47,000 American forces in the country and there have been discussions about keeping a small residual force...

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Waterskier Sarah Teelow Killed In Accident

The death of a world champion waterskier after a high-speed fall during a race near Sydney is being investigated by police. Australian Sarah Teelow, 20, came off a ski in the opening moments of the Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Classic on the Hawkesbury...

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Sandy Hook Gunman 'Obsessed With Columbine'

The gunman who carried out last year's Connecticut school shooting lived an isolated existence and was obsessed with mass killings, a report by the lead investigator says. The review, released after a year-long investigation, provides chilling insights...

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Indian Dentists Who Slit Daughter's Throat Jailed

A couple who slit the throats of their daughter and a servant have been sentenced to life in prison by a court in India. A judge handed the sentence to wealthy dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar who were convicted the previous day of murdering Aarushi,...

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Iran Nuclear Deal Reached At Talks In Geneva

An agreement has been reached between Iran and six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief. The deal, announced by European Union policy chief Catherine Ashton, is a first step towards resolving a decade-old...

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Israel Says Nuclear Deal Is 'Historic Mistake'

It's "an historic mistake" that will "make the world more dangerous" - the result of cosmetic concessions - and the consequences "threaten Israel". And: "We will not allow Iran to obtain military capability." Benjamin Netanyahu's take on the interim...

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Dentists Slit Daughter And Servant's Throats

A wealthy dentist couple have been found guilty of murdering their teenage daughter and servant by slitting their throats. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar burst into tears when the verdict was read out in a packed courtroom - in a case which has gripped...

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Greenpeace Protest: Last Brit Freed From Jail

The last remaining British activist held in Russia over the Greenpeace Arctic protest has been freed from jail on bail. Phil Ball was told he would be freed on Friday but had to stay in prison until Monday because of a delay ordered by a Russian court....

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Typhoon Haiyan: UK Pledges An Extra £5m Aid

Six new British aid flights will leave the UK this week for the Philippines carrying 1,400 tents and other supplies, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced. The flights and the investment of £5m to improve the ability of...

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Latvia Supermarket Collapse: Hope Fades

The chances of finding any more survivors after the collapse of a supermarket in Latvia is "almost zero", officials have said. Fifty-four deaths have now been confirmed since the roof of the Maxima store caved in in the capital Riga on Thursday. Recovery...

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Israel Says Nuclear Deal Is 'Historic Mistake'

It's "an historic mistake" that will "make the world more dangerous" - the result of cosmetic concessions - and the consequences "threaten Israel". And: "We will not allow Iran to obtain military capability." Benjamin Netanyahu's take on the interim...

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Iran Nuclear Deal Reached At Talks In Geneva

An agreement has been reached between Iran and six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief. The deal, announced by European Union policy chief Catherine Ashton, is a first step towards resolving a decade-old...

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