Mubarak To Face Retrial Over Protester Deaths

By Tom Rayner, Middle East News Editor in Cairo Egypt's deposed former dictator Hosni Mubarak is due to appear in court in Cairo to face retrial on charges related to the deaths of more than 800 protesters during the uprising against his regime...

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Miss Russia Reveals Shock Over Racist Vitriol

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent The newly-crowned Miss Russia has told Sky News she is still proud to represent her country, even after racial slurs accusing her of not being Russian enough. Elmira Abdrazakova's father is Tatar, one of...

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North Korea Missile Alert After Japan Blunder

A Japanese official mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile instead of sending an alert about a strong earthquake. An official at the western Osaka aviation bureau emailed 87 airport offices to say a North Korean missile had been launched,...

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Thousands Of Mali Refugees 'Stranded In Desert'

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent A leading charity has warned of a growing humanitarian crisis in west Africa, with around 70,000 refugees stranded in the Mauritanian desert with no hope of returning to their home country of Mali....

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North Korea: Defector Reveals Harrowing Escape

Visiting Secretive North Korea Updated: 11:52am UK, Wednesday 10 April 2013 Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea. A Sky News employee has just returned from a four-day trip. Journalists...

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North Korea: Missile Test Could Occur 'Any Time'

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, In Seoul US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in the South Korean capital Seoul as tension mounts over a possible missile test by North Korea. The crisis on the Korean peninsula is bound to dominate talks...

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Syria Airstrikes 'Targeted Civilians'

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent The Syrian Air Force has been accused of repeatedly carrying out indiscriminate airstrikes against civilians. A new report by the campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in some cases government...

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South Africa Rhinos Under Threat From Poaching

By Alex Crawford, At Kruger National Park, South Africa Officials at South Africa's National Parks say they are "under siege" from rhino poachers and if the killings go on at the current rate the animal will be extinct within decades. Despite a...

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North Korea's Missiles 'In Upright Position'

A North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with rockets facing skyward, Japanese media has said. The reports in the Kyodo news agency come as North Koreans celebrate the appointment of their leader Kim Jong-Un a year ago, and...

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North Korea: South On Alert For Missile Launch

Visiting Secretive North Korea Updated: 8:37am UK, Wednesday 10 April 2013 Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea. A Sky News employee has just returned from a four day trip. Journalists...

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Ignorance And Minders: Life Inside North Korea

Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea. A Sky News employee has just returned from a four day trip. Journalists are strictly banned from the county without visas, which are rarely issued,...

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Yeonpyeong: The Island In Kim Jong-Un's Sights

Visiting Secretive North Korea Updated: 8:37am UK, Wednesday 10 April 2013 Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea. A Sky News employee has just returned from a four day trip. Journalists...

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Canada Prostitution: Teen Girls Deny Pimping

Three teenagers have denied forcing other girls as young as 13 into prostitution in Ottawa. Police say the girls, who were 15 and 16 years old when they were arrested last summer, operated a prostitution ring in the Canadian capital without adult guidance....

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North Korea: Japan Deploys Missile Defence

Japan has deployed missile-defence systems in key locations around Tokyo as North Korea warned foreigners in the South to take evacuation measures in case of war. The Patriot missile batteries were set up in the defence ministry headquarters and in...

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Serbia: Gunman Kills 13 In Shooting Spree

At least 13 people, including a child, have been killed after a man went on a shooting spree in Serbia, health officials say. The 60-year-old suspect, identified as Ljubisa B, allegedly opened fire in the village of Velika Ivanca, near the capital...

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Afghanistan Nato Raid 'Kills 11 Children'

A Nato air strike has killed 11 children and a woman in eastern Afghanistan, according to local officials. The strike targeted militants in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province, which is on the border with Pakistan. "Eleven children and a...

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North Korea: 'Signs' Nuclear Test Being Prepared

World Waits For North Korea's Move Updated: 8:21am UK, Monday 08 April 2013 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in South Korea The latest propaganda offering from North Korean state television is as bizarre as the rest of them. Angry soldiers...

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Bali Court Upholds Briton's Death Penalty

An Indonesian court has upheld the death sentence of Lindsay Sandiford, a British grandmother found guilty of trafficking cocaine. The 56-year-old Sandiford was sentenced to the capital punishment by a court in Bali in January for taking almost 5kg...

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North Korea: US Missile Test Delayed Amid Row

The US has delayed the testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile over the growing tensions with North Korea, according to a defence official. A Pentagon source said the Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to postpone the long-planned Minuteman...

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India Houseboat Murder: 'Dutch Man Confesses'

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent, in Kashmir Police sources tell Sky News that a Dutch man they have been questioning over the murder of a British woman has now confessed. Sarah Groves, 24, was found in a pool of blood inside the houseboat she...

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Nelson Mandela Leaves Hospital After 10 Days

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is spending his first day at home after 10 days in hospital being treated for pneumonia. The 94-year-old was allowed to return home "following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition"....

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