Nigerian President Under Pressure At Summit

Police 'Ill-Equipped' To Fight Boko Haram Updated: 10:18am UK, Saturday 17 May 2014 Police in Chibok have said they are not equipped to deal with another Islamist attack like the one which resulted in the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls. Sky's...

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Nigeria: Police Not Equipped To Fight Boko Haram

Police in Chibok have said they are not equipped to deal with another Islamist attack like the one which resulted in the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls. Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, who is in Chibok, said that despite an increased...

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Party Time In India But Modi Must Reach Out

By Neville Lazarus, India Producer, in Delhi It's a resounding victory and they are celebrating. Supporters of the Bharitiya Janata Party have been partying since morning when counting began. Young and old, first-time voters and veterans, they...

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India's Modi Poll Triumph Ushers In New Era

Thousands of jubilant supporters have lined the streets of Delhi to greet India's incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his historic election win. A victory parade has been held after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was swept to power in a landslide...

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Turkey's PM Accused Of Punching Protester

Turkey's Prime Minister has been accused of punching a demonstrator, as fresh images sparked new claims of violence against protesters angry over the government's handling of the Soma mine disaster. Amateur video shot during Mr Erdogan's visit...

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Grief And Anger As Turkey Buries Dead Miners

By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent We watched a logjam of grief, as they filled a field with the bodies of those killed in the Turkish mine disaster. Rows of graves were dug in what has now been called the Martyr's Cemetery, each hole separated...

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New Indian Prime Minister Modi Hails Victory

Opposition candidate Narendra Modi declared the "good days are coming" after sweeping to power in historic elections in India. Though the final results have yet to be confirmed, Mr Modi took to Twitter to declare victory for his Hindu Bharitya Janata...

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Nigeria Leader Cancels Visit To Girls' Village

What Plans Does Boko Haram Have For Nigeria? Updated: 5:35pm UK, Monday 05 May 2014 By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria has well and truly put Boko Haram on the terror map. They...

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Bangladesh: Hundreds Missing As Ferry Capsizes

At least nine bodies have been recovered after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized in Bangladesh. The vessel was travelling on the river Meghna near the capital Dhaka in stormy conditions when the accident occurred at 3.30pm local time (10.30am...

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South Korea Ferry Captain Charged Over Deaths

The captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized killing more than 280 passengers has been charged with manslaughter. Two officers and a chief engineer have been charged with the same offence. If convicted all four could face the death penalty. ...

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Anti-China Protests Leave 21 Dead In Vietnam

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent in Beijing Twenty-one people have been killed in Vietnam as anti-Chinese protests spread to various parts of the country. According to doctors at a hospital in the central province of Ha Tinh, five Vietnamese factory...

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Natalee Holloway Suspect To Become A Father

The main suspect in the disappearance of an American teenager, who is serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of another woman, is to become a father. Joran van der Sloot will wed his Peruvian fiance, who is five months' pregnant with a boy his lawyer...

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British GSK Executive Accused Of China Bribery

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, In Beijing The British former head of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) China unit has been accused of bribery. Chinese investigators claim Mark Reilly ordered his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospital officials...

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Turkey: Oxygen Pumped To Trapped Miners

Rescuers are pumping oxygen into a coal mine in western Turkey as they battle to save hundreds of miners trapped underground following a blast which left at least 238 dead. Hundreds of frantic relatives crowded around the surface of the mine, in...

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Oscar Pistorius To Have Psychiatric Tests

Oscar Pistorius must undergo psychiatric tests, the judge in his murder trial has ruled. The move is likely to lead to significant delays in the case, but Judge Thokozile Masipa said it was about justice, not convenience. She said Pistorius could be...

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California Residents Back Home After Wildfire

Residents ordered to evacuate more than 20,000 homes in and around the Californian city of San Diego because of a wildfire have been allowed to go back. The fire had spread amid high heat and dry winds in drought conditions but firefighters said it...

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Ice Sheet Melt 'Past The Point Of No Return'

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is melting at a faster pace than scientists had predicted and the thaw is irreversible, a new study has found. The Nasa report said there is "nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea". The...

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Nasa Spots 'Square Hole' In The Sun's Surface

A near-perfect square 'hole' in the sun has been caught on camera by Nasa. An updraft of solar winds ripped the shape in the sun's outer atmosphere, and the results were spotted by the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory which monitors the star. The...

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Canada Oil Train Disaster: Three Men Charged

Three employees of the railway company involved in an oil train disaster in Canada that killed 47 people are due in court later on criminal negligence charges. The charges come 10 months after more than 60 tankers carrying oil from North Dakota came...

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Oscar Pistorius Facing Psychiatric Tests

Oscar Pistorius faces having to undergo psychiatric tests after a forensic psychiatrist told the athlete's murder trial he has an anxiety disorder. State prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued that the defendant's mental health should be examined more fully -...

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Ukraine: Russia Bites The Hand That Feeds

When the Russian bear roars, us jobbing journalists reach for the grab bag of cliches and hackneyed metaphor. Vladimir Putin is playing chess while the West is playing checkers. He's behaving like an 18th-century Tsar in a 21st-century world. He's...

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Ukraine Independence Vote Gets Russia Backing

Russia says the outcome of an independence referendum in eastern Ukraine should be implemented "in a civilised manner without violence". Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have claimed victory in the contentious poll which could see two regions break...

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Oscar Pistorius 'Suffers From Anxiety Disorder'

Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder and is a "distrusting and guarded" person who is "hyper-vigilant" about security, the athlete's murder trial has heard. Forensic psychiatrist Dr Merryl Vorster offered a rare insight into the athlete's mindset,...

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Boko Haram Video Claims To Show Missing Girls

A new video issued by Boko Haram claims to show some of the nearly 300 schoolgirls missing in Nigeria, who the group's leader says have converted to Islam. AFP reported that Boko Haram's leader said the girls would not be released until...

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Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Tell Of Escape

Nigerian Kidnap Tactic 'Standard Procedure' Updated: 4:26pm UK, Saturday 10 May 2014 Splitting the captured Nigerian schoolgirls into groups by their kidnappers is "standard operating procedure", a hostage negotiator has told Sky News. Dr James Alvarez...

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Nigeria Kidnapping: Militants 'Have Laid Traps'

The militants who have kidnapped almost 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria are likely to have laid booby traps and landmines to stop them being found, Sky News has been told. A former member of Nigerian military added that starving members of Boko Haram could...

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