Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Tell Of Escape

Schoolgirls who escaped from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria have told of their harrowing ordeal as the search for those still held captive continues. One described being shot at as she ran from the gunmen when she was sent to fetch...

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Nigeria Kidnappings: Michelle Obama 'Outraged'

How To Tackle Nigeria's Growing Insurgency? Updated: 1:09pm UK, Friday 09 May 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor American "experts" have arrived. British "advisers" are on their way - phew. It may only be a matter of time before Nigeria's...

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UK Soldier 'Posed With Dead Taliban Fighter'

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent The RAF has launched a probe after photographs surfaced appearing to show a serviceman posing with a dead Taliban fighter. The pictures were apparently taken in the wake of an attack by 15 insurgents...

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Ukrainian Self-Rule 'Would Destroy Country'

Hague's Whirlwind Diplomatic Tour Of Europe Updated: 10:57am UK, Saturday 10 May 2014 By Tim Marshall, Diplomatic Editor When you travel with the Foreign Office, you travel at speed. Foreign Secretary William Hague lives his working life in blocks...

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Pistorius Trial: Witness Plays Part Of Reeva

A weapons expert has recreated the moment Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend was shot dead by playing the part of the former model in a court reconstruction. Thomas Wolmarans was being questioned about the injuries Reeva Steenkamp suffered on Valentine's...

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Brazil World Cup Stadium Worker Electrocuted

An eighth construction worker has been killed while building one of Brazil's World Cup stadiums. Muhammed-Ali Maciel Afonso was installing communications equipment at the Arena Pantanal in the western city of Cuiaba when he was electrocuted. The 32-year-old's...

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Ukraine: Eight Killed As Putin Lands In Crimea

Eight pro-Russian militants have been killed in eastern Ukraine as Vladimir Putin landed in Crimea for his first visit since Moscow annexed the peninsular, say reports. Ukrainian troops used large-calibre weapons as they tried to take an occupied police...

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Nigeria Kidnap: PM's Anger Over 'Ghastly' Act

Experts from the UK and the US sent to Nigeria to help authorities find 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram have arrived in the capital Abuja. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the British team, which includes officials from the Ministry of...

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Separatists Set To Defy Putin On Ukraine Vote

Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine plan to hold a vote on independence this weekend despite President Vladimir Putin's call to delay it. The co-ordinating committee of the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic' announced it would have a...

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Oscar Pistorius 'Is Not Putting On A Show'

Oscar Pistorius was not "putting on a show" and seemed genuinely heartbroken after shooting his girlfriend dead, the athlete's murder trial has heard. Social worker and probation officer Yvette van Schalkwyk said she came forward as a witness on...

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Huge Explosion Destroys Hotel In Syria

A huge explosion has destroyed a hotel being used by the military along with several other buildings in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Bashar al Assad's troops had made the hotel, the Carlton Citadel, their base, state media and activists...

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Girls' Kidnap Will Be 'End Of Nigeria Terror'

The abduction of more than 200 girls in Nigeria will be the "beginning of the end of terror" there, says Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Nigerian capital Abuja, he also thanked the international community...

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Australia Shark Cull: More Than 170 Caught

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent More than 170 sharks have been caught off the coast of Western Australia as part of a controversial policy to reduce attacks on humans. Between January 25 and April 30, 50 of the biggest sharks caught...

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The £140bn Web Giant Unknown By Most In West

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent It's the tech company whose founder doesn't really like technology - a $245bn (£144.3bn) e-commerce giant that doesn't actually sell anything. Now, though, Alibaba has filed for an initial public offering...

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Hamza Trial: 'Cleric Helped Yemen Kidnappers'

One of 16 Western tourists kidnapped in Yemen in 1998 has told Abu Hamza's New York terror trial how she feared they would all be killed. Retired Margaret Thompson, who was shot during a rescue bid and now walks with a heavy limp, was testifying against...

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Hague 'Frustrated' By Speed Of Nigeria Rescue

Nigerian Kidnaps: What Can Really Be Done? Updated: 2:46pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor The temptation to "do something" is almost overwhelming. Some 270 school girls abducted, many already raped, dragged into the...

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Nigeria Schoolgirl Kidnap: Britain Offers Help

Slave Trade Numbers In Sub-Sahara Africa Updated: 1:31pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 As Nigerian authorities continue to look for hundreds of abducted schoolgirls, statistics show that sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than 16% of the 29.8 million people...

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China Station Stabbing Rampage Leaves Six Hurt

A knife-wielding gang left six people wounded in a stabbing rampage at a Chinese railway station - the country's latest in a series of mass attacks. Reports say up to four people launched the assault in Guangzhou, southern China. No reason has been...

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Plane Smashes Into House But Pilot Is Unhurt

A pilot whose light plane crashed into a house in Colorado has walked out of the wreckage virtually unhurt. The man even tried to put out the fire with a garden hose before he was forced away by burning fuel, authorities said. The house near Denver...

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Oscar Pistorius Neighbours 'Did Not Hear Reeva'

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Pretoria Oscar Pistorius' next-door neighbour has told a court he heard "very loud" cries from someone "desperate for help" on the night the athlete's girlfriend was shot dead. But Michael Nhlengethwa,...

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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Athlete Was 'Frantic'

One of Oscar Pistorius' former neighbours has told the athlete's murder trial how he "begged" her to save his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp's life. Carice Viljoen, who raced to the 27-year-old's home after he called her father for help, said the distressed...

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Pilot Dies As WWII Plane Stunt Ends In Flames

A vintage biplane has crashed in an upside-down stunt at a California air show, killing the 77-year-old pilot. Edward Andreini was flying his plane low over the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base when the aircraft crashed. The 1944 Stearman biplane caught...

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Cornered 'Drugs Dealer' Shot In Face In Gang Hit

An alleged drug smuggler has been shot and killed in a busy Dublin street in a suspected gangland hit. Christopher Zambra was shot in the face while cowering in a garden after abandoning his car close to the city centre, according to reports. ...

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Nigerian Girls' Kidnapper: 'I Will Sell Them'

The Islamist kidnapper of more than 200 Nigerian girls missing since April 14 has vowed to sell them, AFP reports. Abubakar Shekau claimed in a video obtained by the news wire service that a buyer for the schoolgirls would be found. He said: "I...

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Thirty-Seven Al Qaeda Militants Killed In Yemen

Thirty-seven al Qaeda militants have been killed in fighting in Yemen, the country's state news agency Saba is reporting. A military source was quoted as saying most of those killed in the southern province of Shabwa were Saudis, Afghans, Somalis, Chechens...

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Victim Of South Africa's 'Rich Man's Justice'

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent There are two types of justice in South Africa: one for the rich and another for those without money and privilege, a human rights group in Johannesburg has claimed. The Wits Justice Project, which investigates...

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Landslide Buries Village: Rescuers Lose Hope

Rescue teams have abandoned the search for survivors after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 350 people under a tide of rock and mud. Local people and emergency workers using shovels tried in vain to find...

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Kiev Forces 'Making Advances' In Eastern City

Ukrainian government forces say they have reclaimed a television tower as they continue efforts to suppress pro-Russian activists in the east of the country. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page that armed forces and the National...

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