Syria Anniversary: EU Rethinks Arms Embargo

Health Needs Critical In Aleppo Updated: 9:04am UK, Friday 15 March 2013 By Dr Natalie Roberts, Doctors Without Borders I'm part of an MSF team based in the Aleppo region in the north of Syria. This area continues to see an enormous amount of...

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Berlusconi: Semi-Naked Women At Bunga Parties

A TV journalist has told a court she saw semi-naked women dancing at former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's infamous 'Bunga Bunga' parties. Silvia Trevaini also said Berlusconi gifted her 800,000 euros in just two years because her "career...

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US Boosting Defence After North Korea Threats

The US is beefing up its domestic missile defence systems with new interceptors after recent threats of a nuclear attack by North Korea. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced the addition of 14 interceptors in Alaska, a nearly 50% increase in...

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China Confirms Li Keqiang As Premier

China's parliament has confirmed Communist bureaucrat Li Keqiang to the post of premier. The role involves running day-to-day government in the world's second-largest economy. "I announce that comrade Li Keqiang has been chosen as premier of the People's...

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Syria Anniversary: EU Pressed On Arms Embargo

Health Needs Critical In Aleppo Updated: 9:04am UK, Friday 15 March 2013 By Dr Natalie Roberts, Doctors Without Borders I'm part of an MSF team based in the Aleppo region in the north of Syria. This area continues to see an enormous amount of...

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Kevin McGeever Held By Police Over 'Kidnap'

An Irish property developer who claimed he was kidnapped for eight months is being held on suspicion of wasting police time. Kevin McGeever was emaciated and disorientated when found wandering barefoot on the side of the road near the Cavan-Leitrim...

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Pope Francis: Profile Of New Catholic Leader

Francis is the first ever pope from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina's conservative Roman Catholic Church. Known until Wednesday as Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis is respected as a humble man who denied himself the...

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Xi Jinping Confirmed As New Chinese President

China: The Key Challenges Ahead Updated: 3:47am UK, Thursday 14 March 2013 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent What are China's key challenges and how will incoming President Xi Jinping tackle them? :: The Environment Even from behind the walls...

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Pope Francis Slips Out Of Vatican For Prayers

Pope Francis started his new life as leader of the Roman Catholic Church by praying at one of Rome's oldest basilicas, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The 76-year-old, who has become the first Jesuit pope and the first pope to be named Francis, opened...

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Syria Crisis: Two Million Child Victims of War

Two million children have become the "forgotten victims" of the bloody conflict in Syria, according to Save the Children. As the conflict enters its third year, children are increasingly being used by fighters as human shields, runners and porters,...

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Tiger Mauls Farmer To Death In Indonesia

A farmer has been mauled to death in western Indonesia by a rare Sumatran tiger which is also suspected of attacking five other people. Karman Lubis was attacked while working on a rubber plantation near the Batang Gadis National Park in North Sumatra...

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Libya: Toxic Hooch Kills 60 And Makes 700 Ill

At least 60 people have been killed and 700 made ill in the Libyan capital by a batch of poisonous homemade liquor. The scale of the alcohol poisoning is so great that hospitals in Tripoli have been overstretched with patients and some of the victims...

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Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: Five Dead

Five US service members have died in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The cause of the crash has not yet been established, the International Security Assistance Force said. An ISAF statement said: "The cause of the crash is under investigation,...

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Pope: The Secret World Of The Conclave

By Michelle Clifford, Sky News Correspondent The cardinals heading into the Conclave in Rome know they won't see the world outside the Vatican walls again until they have chosen a new Pontiff. The highly secretive process has been experienced by...

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Cardinals Prepare To Choose A New Pope

By Nick Pisa, Vatican City Cardinals are gathering for a ceremony steeped in tradition to elect a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. The so-called Princes of the Church will assemble in the Vatican's beautifully ornate Sistine Chapel to...

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New Pope 'Needs To Put House In Order'

By Michelle Clifford, Senior Correspondent in Rome The Catholic Church is facing calls from within to "put its own house in order" as cardinals prepare to elect the next pope. Jane Livesey is a straight talking, no-nonsense Brit who also happens...

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Pistorius' Lawyers Appeal Against Bail Rules

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have appealed against bail restrictions imposed after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend. His representatives argue that the double-amputee athlete is not a flight risk and should have the option of travelling...

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India Bus Gang Rape Suspect Found Hanged

The man accused of leading the gang rape of a student on a New Delhi bus has hanged himself in his prison cell. Ram Singh was found dead in the high-security Tihar jail where he had been on suicide watch in an isolated cell, officials said. The suicide...

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Anger Over US Cardinal's Role At Conclave

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent Victims of sexual abuse by priests in the largest Catholic diocese in the US have spoken of their anger that its former archbishop is taking part in the process to choose the next Pope. Cardinal Roger Mahony was...

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Briton 'Feared Killed' By Nigeria Islamists

A Nigerian Islamist group alleges it has killed seven foreign hostages - reportedly including a Briton - who were abducted from a construction site last month. The were taken from the compound of Setraco, a Lebanese construction company, in the town...

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Falkland Islanders To Vote In Referendum

By Ian Woods, Senior Correspondent, Falkland Islands Falkland Islanders begin two days of voting today in a referendum to decide whether they want to stay British. The question they have to answer is whether they want to remain an Overseas Territory...

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