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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Drone: US Fires Flare To Warn Off Iranian Jet

An Iranian fighter jet flew towards a US surveillance drone but then went away after a warning flare was fired, according to the Pentagon. The unarmed Predator drone was being escorted by two military aircraft, one of which released the flare to warn...

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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: 12:37am 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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Former Khmer Rouge Leader Ieng Sary Dies

The former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary, who was on trial for genocide and war crimes, has died at the age of 87, a spokesman for Cambodia's UN-backed court said. "We can confirm that Ieng Sary died this morning after being hospitalised since March...

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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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Pope Francis To Meet Benedict At Papal Retreat

Pope Francis is expected to visit his predecessor Benedict XVI at the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, as the pontiff begins his first full day as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The 76-year-old, who has become the first Jesuit pope and the first...

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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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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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Rare Sumatran Tiger Mauls Farmer To Death

A rare Sumatran tiger has mauled a farmer to death in western Indonesia. Karman Lubis was attacked while working on a rubber plantation near the Batang Gadis National Park in North Sumatra province. Park official Yudi Santoso confirmed the 32-year-old's...

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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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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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Pope: The Secret World Of The Conclave

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

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Queen Tells Commonwealth To 'Be Inspired'

The Queen has used her Commonwealth Day message to urge nations to harness "ambition and curiosity" to "create a better future". In her annual address, the Queen highlighted this year's Commonwealth theme - Opportunity Through Enterprise. She said:...

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New Pope 'Needs To Put House In Order'

By Michelle Clifford, Senior Correspondent in Rome Jane Livesey is a straight talking, no-nonsense Brit who also happens to be a nun living and working in the power base of the Catholic faith - Rome. And she isn't short of opinions about what needs...

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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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Conclave Cardinals Vote With Latin Remote

By Nick Pisa in Vatican City Cardinals taking part in secret discussions ahead of next week's Conclave to elect a new Pope have been using a remote control with buttons in Latin. The state-of-the-art devices have been handed to the so-called "Princes...

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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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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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