Australia Fires: Military Investigates Blaze

The Australian military is investigating whether it is responsible for starting a major bushfire, as firefighters battle blazes that have destroyed or damaged 300 homes. The Rural Fire Service said some 85 fires were burning across New South Wales state,...

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Mystery Blonde Girl: Greece Charity In Appeal

An international search is under way to identify the parents of a blonde girl found in the care of a couple on a Roma camp in Greece. DNA tests have shown the four-year-old is not related to the couple - and their accounts of how she came to be living...

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China: Man 'Kills Pregnant Wife And Family'

A man has been arrested over fatally stabbing his pregnant wife and six of her relatives, including her parents, grandparents and two young nieces. Ma Yongdong was captured by police in China's northwest autonomous region of Ningxia. State media said...

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Kenya Mall Attack: New Video Of The Gunmen

New CCTV footage has emerged from inside the Nairobi shopping mall showing how the attackers calmly shot people before taking time out to pray. The video shows shoppers running away from the gunmen and dropping to the floor as bullets fly through the...

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Snowden Denies Taking NSA Files To Russia

Edward Snowden has said he did not take any secret National Security Agency documents with him to Russia, telling a newspaper "it wouldn't serve the public interest". In an interview with The New York Times, the former NSA analyst said he handed over...

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Australia Fires: Man Dies As Homes Destroyed

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Around 100 bushfires continue to burn across the state of New South Wales in Australia with the crisis claiming its first life. A man died from a heart attack on the Central Coast north of Sydney whilst...

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Stocks Soar Over US Debt Deal But Trouble Looms

Stocks soared on Wall Street as the markets got wind of a deal in Washington. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones had climbed over 200 points, or 1.4%, the S&P 500 had gained 1.4%, pushing it close to a record high, and the Nasdaq gained 1.2%....

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Shutdown: Congress Passes Bill To Stop Default

Stocks Soar After US Debt Deal Updated: 3:12am UK, Thursday 17 October 2013 By Hannah Thomas-Peter, US Correspondent Stocks soared on Wall Street as the markets got wind of a deal in Washington. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones had climbed...

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US Government Open For Business After Deal

The US government has reopened its doors after Congress passed a last-minute deal to end the shutdown and pull the world's biggest economy back from the brink of default. Barack Obama signed the bill after the Senate and the House approved the measure...

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Al Libi Denies Terrorism Charges In NY Court

By Sky News US Team, in New York A Libyan charged in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in New York. Abu Anas al Libi entered the plea in a federal court in Manhattan. Al Libi, who...

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New Laws Make Moving To Australia Tougher

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent New laws in Australia have made things tougher for skilled Brits wanting to work Down Under. The Australian government has clamped down on the popular 457 visa which allows foreign workers to move to...

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US Default Threat Prompts Downgrade Warning

The credit rating agency Fitch has warned it is reviewing the US government's AAA credit rating for a possible downgrade, citing the impasse in Washington that has raised the threat of a default on the nation's debt. Fitch placed the US credit rating...

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Al Libi In New York To Face Terrorism Charges

By Sky News US Team, in New York A suspected al Qaeda leader captured in Libya has arrived in New York following a week-long interrogation aboard a US warship. Nazih Abdul-Hamed al Ruqai, better known by his alias Abu Anas al Libi, has been under...

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Afghan Governor Killed by Microphone Bomb

An Afghan provincial governor and close ally of President Hamid Karzai has been killed while making a speech at a mosque after Eid prayers in Logar, close to the capital Kabul. Logar provincial governor spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish said Arsala...

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Philippines Earthquake: At Least 20 Dead

At least 32 people have died after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines. Fifteen of the fatalities were in Cebu, the political and economic hub of the central Philippines, civil defence office spokesman Reynaldo Balido told reporters. Sixteen...

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Seven Red Cross Workers Kidnapped In Syria

Seven International Committee of the Red Cross workers have been kidnapped after gunmen attacked their convoy in northern Syria. Spokesman Saleh Dabbakeh said gunmen abducted the team after stopping their convoy near the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province...

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Illegal Immigration In US Now Hard To Ignore

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent The United States is locked in a fierce debate over immigration, with an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. But frustration is growing at the lack of political action to answer the big immigration questions....

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Temple Stampede Kills At Least 109 Worshippers

At least 109 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Some reports said the stampede occurred when police used batons to control a huge crowd that had gathered at the Ratangarh Temple near...

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Cyclone Phailin Slams Into India's East Coast

A powerful cyclone has ripped through India's east coast, killing at least five people and forcing more than half a million into shelters. Cyclone Phailin, with winds up to 130mph, made landfall on Saturday night near the town of Golpalpur in Orissa...

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US-Afghan 'Progress' In Security Talks

By Alistair Bunkall, Sky's Defence Correspondent Significant progress has been made in negotiations for a Bilateral Security Agreement between the US and Afghanistan. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held 28 hours...

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Madeleine McCann Timeline Of Events 'Wrong'

British detectives working on the Madeleine McCann investigation have revealed that key details in the timeline of her disappearance were wrong. The revised details will be documented in a new Crimewatch appeal on the case to be broadcast on Monday....

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