Massacre 'Likely' If Islamic State Takes Kobani

More than 500 people trapped in Kobani could be "massacred" if Islamic State wins the fierce battle for the Syrian town. Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy to Syria, made the warning as militants reportedly took more territory and shelled a border crossing...

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Airstrikes Missing IS Front Line, Say Fighters

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent We met Abu Ibrahim, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) Commander, and his two friends in a coffee shop in Urfa, Southern Turkey. They had just returned from the Syrian border town of Kobane, where he told us the...

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US Says Priority Is IS In Iraq, Not Kobani

By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor America is putting the defence of the Iraqi government and the destruction of Islamic State's command structures ahead of defending the embattled Kurdish city of Kobani, a leading member of the Obama administration...

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Snapchat Hackers Post Explicit Images Online

Explicit images taken with the photo sharing app Snapchat have reportedly been intercepted via a third party app and leaked online. Users of the app, many of them teenagers, have apparently had their photos gathered over a number of years before being...

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US Wants To Use Turkey Base In IS Fight

The United States wants access to an air base in southern Turkey which could become a strategic stronghold in the battle against Islamic State militants. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said US officials have raised the possibility of using the Incirlik air...

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Ebola Could Be 'Next AIDS', Top US Official Says

Urgent action is needed to prevent the ebola outbreak from becoming as deadly and prolific as the AIDS virus, America's top health official has said. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said "it's going...

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Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her championing of girls' education rights. She shares the prize with anti-child slavery activist Kailash Satyarthi. The Nobel committee praised them "for their struggle against...

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'Extremely Powerful' Typhoon Threatens Japan

Japan is preparing for its strongest storm this year as super typhoon Vongfong threatens to wreak havoc when it makes landfall over the Okinawa Islands. "There is no question that it is an extremely large, extremely powerful typhoon," said an official...

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US Military: Airstrikes Alone May Not Stop IS

Airstrikes alone may not be able to stop the advance of Islamic State fighters in Syria, US officials have warned. Barack Obama met military commanders to discuss the campaign against IS in Syria and Iraq amid fears troops would be needed on...

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Lego Drops Shell Over Greenpeace Spill Video

Lego has ditched a long-standing partnership with Shell, after a Greenpeace video used its toys to illustrate an Arctic oil spill. The decision comes after the slick parody video by the environmental group went viral online, garnering more than 5...

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Hong Kong Government Cancels Protest Talks

The Hong Kong government has called off talks with pro-democracy demonstrators who have paralysed parts of the territory for more than a week. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets demanding free elections after China said it would have to approve...

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US Ebola Victim Was About To Realise His Dream

By Sky News US Team Thomas Eric Duncan, the ebola patient who died in a Texas hospital, had long-held ambitions to join his family in America and was planning to propose to his girlfriend, it has emerged. Mr Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed...

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Thailand Murder Suspects In Torture Claim

Two Burmese migrants accused of killing a pair of British tourists in Thailand have claimed they were beaten and threatened with electrocution by police. Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, who are both 21, claim they were mistreated following their arrest...

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Airstrikes Target IS Fighters In Border Town

Two new airstrikes have reportedly been carried out against Islamic State (IS) targets around the Syrian border town of Kobani. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing into the air from a hill on the eastern side of the town, according to the AFP news...

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Canada Authorises Airstrikes Against IS In Iraq

By Sky News US Team Following a request from the US, the Canadian parliament has voted to authorise airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. The motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party passed 157-134...

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Ebola Dead Abandoned On Streets After Strike

Ebola victims are being left on Sierra Leone's streets because of a strike by burial teams, according to media in the country. The workers, who arguably have one of the world's most dangerous jobs, complain they have not been paid. The situation...

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Ebola: Seven Facts About The Deadly Disease

Ebola is a virulent virus that has killed thousands during the latest outbreak and is notorious for its low survival rate among sufferers of the full-blown disease. Here we explain what it is. What is ebola? Ebola is a virus that can develop into...

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India Axes 'Laughable' Laws From British Rule

India is to repeal nearly 300 obscure laws dating back to the British Raj. Among the archaic rules to be scrapped is a decree making it a criminal offence to unearth and keep treasure worth as little as 10 rupees (10p) because it still belongs to...

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Ebola Outbreak: Four Quarantined In Spain

A Madrid nurse who became the first person to contract ebola outside of Africa is being treated with antibodies from survivors of the illness, hospital officials have revealed. Four people, also including her husband, have been placed in quarantine...

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Kobani 'About To Fall' To Islamic State

Turkish President Recep Erdogan says Syrian border town Kobani is "about to fall" to Islamic State militants and that a ground operation is needed to defeat the group. It comes as fresh airstrikes targeted fighters who have been bombarding the town...

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Face-To-Face With The Dying In An Ebola Centre

By Garwen McLuckie, Sky News Cameraman Before filming inside the high-risk zone, we were told that all or equipment would have to be either disinfected or incinerated. I had prepared hard - bringing tailor-made plastic sealed containers for the small...

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Ebola Deaths Hidden As Fear Grips Liberia

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, Monrovia Liberia's few ebola treatment centres are overwhelmed with the sick and dying - with patients sharing beds and the dead laying near the desperately ill. The country has accounted for more than half...

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IS Hostage Tells Parents He Fears Being Killed

A former soldier threatened with death by Islamic State militants has spoken of his fear of being killed by his captors in a letter sent to his parents. Peter Kassig, 26, was captured on 1 October 2013 in Syria, where he was taking aid to refugees...

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IS Raises Flag In Town Near Turkey Border

Islamic State militants have apparently captured part of a town close to the Syrian border with Turkey after days of fierce fighting. The extremist group raised its black flag on a building on the eastern side of Kobani, where Kurdish fighters have...

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'Dangerous Crossroads' For Hong Kong Protests

By Greg Milam, Sky Correspondent, in Hong Kong Authorities in Hong Kong have again called on 'Occupy' protesters to step aside and allow government offices and schools to operate as normal on Monday morning. There are signs that leaders of the protest...

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