India: Eighteen Dead In Mumbai Stampede

A stampede in India has left 18 people dead and nearly 50 injured. The tragedy happened as a large crowd gathered in the city of Mumbai to pay their respects to Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, a Muslim spiritual leader who died of a heart attack on Friday....

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Spying: Obama Announces NSA Reforms

Obama Contrite Over US Secrecy And Spying Updated: 11:38pm UK, Friday 17 January 2014 By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent This was a very different president to the one we saw in the immediate aftermath of Edward Snowden's first revelations....

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Pope Defrocked 400 Priests Over 'Child Abuse'

The former Pope, Benedict XVI, defrocked nearly 400 priests over a two-year period for allegedly raping and molesting children, according to a leaked Vatican document. The statistics for 2011-12 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed...

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Labour Politician Among Afghan Bomb Victims

One of the two Britons killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul was a Labour candidate in the forthcoming European Elections. Party leader Ed Miliband confirmed Del Singh, who was standing for the South East region, had died and said he was "appalled...

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India: Party's Battle Cry Without A PM Candidate

By Neville Lazarus, Asia Producer India's ruling Congress party has decided that Rahul Gandhi will head its campaign for the forthcoming elections - but fell short of naming him as its prime ministerial candidate. His mother Sonia Gandhi, president...

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Spying: Obama To Set Out NSA Reforms

President Barack Obama is expected to announce some curbs to US spying operations in a major speech in response to months of revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The leaks by Snowden, a former security contractor, have shown that surveillance...

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Texas Rhino Hunter Receives Death Threats

A Texas man who won an auction to hunt an endangered black rhino in Namibia has said he has received death threats from animal lovers. Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 (£212,000) for a permit which was auctioned by the Dallas Safari Club to raise money...

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Japan's Hidden WWII Jungle Soldier Onoda Dies

A Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War Two was over, has died in Tokyo at the age of 91. The soldier, centre, leaves the jungle nearly 30 years after the war ended Hiroo Onoda only came out of the...

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Hollande: Like The Others But Without Charisma

The whole thing is very French - the Actress and Le President. What's more, it is the one thing the French refuse to get angry about. They'll bring Paris to a standstill over proposed changes to taxi laws - as happened on Monday - but it would be positively...

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CAR Violence: Harrowing Stories From Conflict

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent The most senior Muslim leader in the Central African Republic is to travel to Britain in a few days' time to appeal for help from Prime Minister David Cameron as religious attacks raged on in the poverty-stricken...

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Egypt: Voting Begins On New Constitution

Voting on Egypt's new constitution is under way, the first ballot since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last year. A yes vote is expected and the result could encourage a bid for the presidency by the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah...

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Francois Hollande Faces Media Over Affair Claims

Francois Hollande has admitted that he is going through a "painful time" in his personal life as he faces allegations of an affair with a French actress. The French president was speaking for the first time since the publication of tabloid photographs...

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South Sudan Ferry Accident Kills Up To 300

Up to 300 civilians have drowned during a ferry accident as they fled fighting in South Sudan. Women and children are among the dead after the incident on Tuesday, the African state's army confirmed. Some 400,000 civilians have fled their homes over...

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China: High-Speed Rail Network To Be Doubled

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing China has announced it will spend £60bn this year in an effort to almost double the size of its high-speed rail network. The investment forms part of a project which represents the largest and fastest...

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Egypt: Voting Begins On New Constitution

Voting on Egypt's new constitution is under way, the first ballot since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last year. A yes vote is expected and the result could encourage a bid for the presidency by the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah...

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CAR Violence: Harrowing Stories From Conflict

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent The most senior Muslim leader in the Central African Republic is to travel to Britain in a few days' time to appeal for help from Prime Minister David Cameron as religious attacks raged on in the poverty-stricken...

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Mexico Vigilantes Seize Town From Drug Cartel

Hundreds of heavily armed vigilantes have seized a key stronghold of a Mexican drug cartel. Fierce gunfire erupted as members of the so-called self-defence group, riding in more than 100 pickup trucks, entered the western town of Nueva Italia, in Michoacan...

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Polar Vortex II Set To Strike US This Week

America is set to be hit by another blast from the polar vortex - although temperatures are likely to be warmer than last week's extreme conditions. The polar plunge is expected to move south from Canada, bringing colder air and sub-zero temperatures...

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Ariel Sharon Remembered As 'Military Legend'

'Bulldozer' Sharon Ruthless But Courageous Updated: 1:54pm UK, Saturday 11 January 2014 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent In October 1953, Israeli paratroops and commandos from the Jewish State's first special forces unit, attacked the Arab...

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Central African Republic: 'Anarchy Is Over'

The "anarchy" in the Central African Republic between rival Christian and Muslim groups is over, the country's interim president has said. Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet said during a speech at police headquarters: "To the ex-Seleka, to the anti-balaka...

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Washington 'More Dangerous' Than North Korea

Two US rappers who have been to one of the world's most secretive countries, North Korea, have told Sky News their home city of Washington DC is a more dangerous place. Anthony Bobb and Dontray Ennis - known as Pacman and Peso - also said the North...

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Black Rhino Hunt: Permit Sells For $350k

A US hunting club has been criticised for selling a permit to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia for $350,000 (£212,000). Dallas Safari Club defended the sale, saying the cash would go towards animal conservation in the cash-strapped African...

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Venezuela: Vow To 'Rip Heads Off' Corrupt Cops

Venezuela's interior minister has given out his mobile phone number on television and asked police to call him and report corruption in their ranks. Miguel Rodriguez said authorities would act on the information and "rip the head off" crooked officers....

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Ariel Sharon: Ex-Leader's Body Lies In State

The body of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is lying in state at his country's parliament building, the day after he died aged 85. Mr Sharon's coffin is sitting in the plaza outside the Knesset in Jerusalem until 6pm local time (4pm UK time)...

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