German Election: Angela Merkel's Lead Tightens

Will There Be Victory For 'Mutti'? Updated: 11:19pm UK, Friday 20 September 2013 By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent, in Berlin The elections in Germany this weekend could produce a Pizza, a Jamaican or a Lebanon, but "Mutti" is still likely...

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Super Typhoon Usagi: Winds Could Reach 180mph

Communities in southeast Asia have been warned a super typhoon bearing down on the region could potentially be "very destructive". Usagi, the most powerful cyclone of 2013 so far, could unleash gusts of 180mph, as well as torrential rain and tidal surges,...

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Syria Hands Over Chemical Weapons Details

The world's chemical weapons watchdog is examining details of Syria's toxic weapons programme handed over by Bashar al Assad's regime. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the body tasked with dismantling Syria's stockpile...

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Rhino Poaching Deaths Set For Record High

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in the Eastern Cape The number of rhinos killed in South Africa looks set to exceed last year's record total. With just three months left in 2013, the number of rhinos killed is more than 500 and appears...

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Assad 'Is At Stalemate And Wants Ceasefire'

Bashar al Assad's forces are at a stalemate with rebels and the government will soon call for a ceasefire, Syria's deputy prime minister has said. Speaking on behalf of the Government, Qadri Jamil told The Guardian that neither side was strong enough...

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Chicago Park Shooting: Child Among 12 Injured

Twelve people, including a three-year-old child, have been shot in a park in Chicago. It is thought the attack happened in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood on the city's South Side at 10.15pm on Thursday. Chicago Fire Department officials said the...

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Assad To Destroy Chemical Weapons 'In A Year'

Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has said he is committed to destroying his stockpile of chemical arms - but warned it would take a year to do so. In an interview with Fox News, Mr Assad said he was committed to getting rid of the arsenal but conceded...

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Egypt Troops Surround Kerdasah After Gun Battle

Egyptian troops backed by helicopters have encircled an Islamist stronghold after exchanging gunfire with suspected militants who killed a senior police officer. General Nabil Farag was shot dead as troops stormed into the Kerdasah district to...

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McCain To Russia: 'Putin Doesn't Respect You'

Vladimir Putin's Letter To America Updated: 1:25pm UK, Thursday 12 September 2013 By Vladimir Putin, Russian President, for The New York Times Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their...

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Tony Abbott Sworn In As Australia PM

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Australia's third prime minister in as many months has been sworn in at a ceremony in the nation's capital, Canberra. Centre-right conservative politician Tony Abbott officially became Australia's 28th prime...

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Mexico Storms: Tourists Evacuate Acapulco

Emergency flights are starting to evacuate some of the 40,000 tourists who have been left stranded at a Mexican holiday resort cut off by floods. Landslides, rockslides, floodwaters and collapsed bridges severed links to Acapulco after Tropical Storm...

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Syria: New Evidence 'Implicates Rebels'

Syria has handed Russia new materials which it claims implicate rebels in a chemical attack in Damascus, says a Russian minister. "The corresponding materials were handed to the Russian side," said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. "We were told...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Completed

By Tom Kington, on Giglio Twenty months after it capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people, the Costa Concordia has risen from the Mediterranean after a successful £500m salvage operation Dozens of giant pulleys hauled the cruise...

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Beijing Airport 'Bomber' In Court On Stretcher

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing The one-day trial of a man who detonated a bomb at Beijing's international airport has taken place in the Chinese capital. Ji Zhongxing, who is in a wheelchair, set off his homemade device at the arrivals...

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Navy Base Shooter Arrested Over Guns Before

A defence contractor and former Navy reservist who shot dead 12 people at a US naval yard had been arrested twice before for shooting incidents, it has emerged. Aaron Alexis, 34, was killed in a gun battle with police following his rampage at the US...

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Turkey: Police And Protesters In New Clashes

Riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannon at thousands of anti-government protesters overnight in two Turkish cities. In the Kadikoy district of Istanbul a rally began peacefully with a series of concerts, but as night fell chaos erupted when...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Under Way

By Tom Kington, in Giglio Salvage officials have begun the mammoth task of righting the crippled Costa Concordia as jacks hoist it off rocks near the Tuscany coast. The operation was delayed by about three hours due to bad weather, and began at...

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Syria: West Seeks 'Precise Timetable' On Deal

Doctors' Plea For Syria Medical Aid Updated: 7:15am UK, Monday 16 September 2013 British doctors have written an open letter in the Lancet medical journal calling for attacks on hospitals and medics to halt in Syria. This is the letter in full: The...

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Peru Drugs: Melissa Reid 'To Plead Guilty'

Why Peru Became The Cocaine Hotspot Updated: 2:26am UK, Sunday 15 September 2013 By Pete Norman, Sky News Online Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world's leading cocaine producer, according to experts. Home to the ancient Inca civilisation,...

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Syria: US Strike Threat Remains If Plan Fails

US President Barack Obama has indicated that the threat of military action remains should Syria fail to comply with a plan to destroy its chemical weapons. Mr Obama welcomed the newly-brokered US and Russian plan, calling it an "important, concrete...

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Syria Weapons Deal Boosts Putin's Profile

Between The Lines Of Putin's Letter Updated: 3:04pm UK, Thursday 12 September 2013 By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor The Russian President has again seized the initiative with his opinion piece in the New York Times in which he speaks "directly...

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