Russia Assures US Over 'Humanitarian Convoy'

Russia has "guaranteed" that no military personnel are on a convoy waiting at the border with Ukraine to deliver aid to the conflict-hit east of the country. Ukraine has been concerned the convoy of about 260 white trucks could be a 'Trojan horse',...

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South Koreans Flock To See Pope Francis Mass

An estimated one million people have gathered to watch Pope Francis deliver a mass in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. During the service, the Pontiff beatified 124 people who died for their beliefs during the early days of Roman Catholicism in the...

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Yazidis Return To Mountains On Rescue Mission

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent Tens of thousands of people from the ancient Yazidi community were left stranded on top of Mount Sinjar when Islamic State militants took over their towns and villages on August 2. Among them was Azeez...

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'Corpses Everywhere' After Iraq 'Massacre'

Al Maliki's Successor Faces Old Problems Updated: 6:29pm UK, Friday 15 August 2014 By Andrew Wilson, Sky News Presenter, in Irbil, Iraq The disaster in the Sinjar mountains turns out to be less of a public relations nightmare for Western leaders...

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Ebola Epidemic Is Like 'War Time' Says MSF

Ebola Cure 'A Long Way Off': Facts About Virus Updated: 12:08am UK, Thursday 07 August 2014 A cure for the deadly ebola virus, which has killed hundreds of people in West Africa, is "a very long way off", an expert has told Sky News. David Evans,...

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West Needs To End Dithering Over Jihadists

It's bulldozed one border and has its eyes on many more. As it carves the world into an image of its own creation the Islamic State has shown the West's foreign policy leaders to be ostriches - determined not to see the obvious. Now that they have...

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Iraq PM Quits As Rescue Mission Called Off

A US and UK humanitarian mission to rescue thousands of people trapped in Iraq is less likely to take place after the situation "greatly improved", according to President Barack Obama. Mr Obama said airdrops had delivered more than 114,000 meals and...

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Boko Haram Islamists Kidnap Boys From Village

Suspected Islamist Boko Haram fighters have abducted dozens of boys and men from a village in northeast Nigeria, say witnesses. Nearly 100 people are missing after militants raided the Doron Baga village, loading victims into trucks before driving them...

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Student Quizzed Over Pro-Israel Facebook Post

A Malaysian teenager is being investigated by police for "liking" a pro-Israel Facebook posting. The 17-year-old student "liked" a post that declared "I love Israel" and featured a picture of the Jewish state's flag, police said. Abdul Rahim Hanafi,...

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N Korea Fires Missiles As Pope Visits South

Pope Francis has called for peace in the war-divided Korean peninsular during a visit to the South - as the North fired five miissiles to coincide with his arrival. Three rockets were fired as the Pope's plane approached Seoul - and there were reports...

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Iraq: US-UK Row Back On Yazidi Rescue Mission

A US and UK humanitarian mission to rescue thousands of Yazidis trapped in Iraq is "far less likely" to take place after it has been revealed fewer are stranded than previously feared. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK's plans needed...

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Heavy Shelling Heard In Rebel-Held Donetsk

Heavy shelling has pounded the centre of Ukraine's separatist-held city of Donetsk, according to witnesses. People poured out of their offices onto the stairwell of the city's main administration building after loud explosions nearby triggered an evacuation...

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'Horrible Stories' Of Iraqis Fleeing Extremists

The US has sent 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to assess the scope of the humanitarian mission, as the plight of families displaced by Islamist extremists deepens. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the soldiers had been sent to northern...

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Teen Held After Mum's Body Found In Suitcase

The half-naked body of an American tourist has been discovered in a suitcase on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali - prompting the arrest of her daughter and daughter's boyfriend. The body of Sheila von Wiese Mack was found stuffed into the blood-smeared...

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Journalist Killed In Gaza Missile Blast

An Italian journalist was among five people killed when an unexploded missile detonated in northern Gaza. The blast, in Beit Lahiya, happened as bomb squad officers attempted to dismantle the device on Wednesday. Simone Camilli, 35, was killed along...

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Derailed Train Carriages 'Plunge Into Ravine'

A train has been derailed by a landslide and several carriages have reportedly plunged into a ravine in Switzerland. Pictures from the scene showed at least one carriage in a ravine and another hanging precariously from the tracks winding through mountains...

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Egypt Killings 'Planned At Highest Levels'

Egypt Killings Report: Key Findings Updated: 2:03pm UK, Tuesday 12 August 2014 Human Rights Watch has issued a scathing 188-page verdict on the killings of more than 1,000 protesters in Egypt last year. Here are the key findings: :: The authorities...

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Ukraine To Stop Russian Aid Convoy At Border

Ukraine has said it will stop an unofficial Russian aid convoy from crossing into a rebel-held part of the country. Ukraine National Security and Defence Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the convoy of 280 lorries was not certified by the official...

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Spanish Priest With Ebola Dies In Hospital

A Spanish priest who contracted ebola while working in Liberia has died in hospital, health authorities in Madrid have confirmed. Father Miguel Pajares was the first European infected by a strain of the virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in...

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Egypt Leaders 'Not Willing To Provide Justice'

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent August 14, 2013, was the bloodiest day in Egypt's modern history. Two sit-ins in Cairo by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were forcibly removed by the army and police. According to Human...

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