Egypt Sees First Snow Storm In Years

A winter storm has brought snow to Cairo for the first time in decades and has blanketed parts of the Middle East. Jerusalem was left covered in snow, forcing police to block access to and from the city. Egypt's state MENA news agency said the country's...

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Mandela To Return To Homeland For Funeral

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Qunu A farewell service in Pretoria is taking place for Nelson Mandela who will soon return to his rural childhood home in Qunu, Eastern Cape, to be buried on Sunday. The coffin - draped in a national...

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Shooting At Denver School Near Columbine

A gunman has killed himself after opening fire at a Denver high school near to the site of the Columbine High School massacre. One 15-year-old student was injured at the Arapahoe High School in Centennial and is in a critical condition, according to...

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Syria: Thousands More Refugees Need EU Help

By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Amnesty International is calling on Britain and the rest of Europe to do more to resettle refugees from Syria's civil war. The campaign group says European leaders should "hang their heads with shame"...

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Syria Chemical Attacks Confirmed By Inspectors

Syrian Refugees Need More Help Updated: 5:49am UK, Friday 13 December 2013 By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Amnesty International is calling on Britain and the rest of Europe to do more to resettle refugees from Syria's civil war....

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North Korea Executes Leader's 'Traitor' Uncle

The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been executed for a string of alleged crimes. State news agency KCNA announced his death early on Friday, branding the once-powerful General Jang Song-Thaek a "traitor". Gen Jang was executed...

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Faulty PIP Breast Impants Case Ruling Due

By Clare Fallon, Sky Reporter A judgement is due in a French court case against the managers of a company that made substandard breast implants. Jean-Claude Mas and four of his former colleagues are accused of aggravated fraud, following the collapse...

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Snow Storm Brings Misery To Much Of US

Flights have been grounded and thousands of homes remain without power after a powerful storm covered parts of the United States in snow and ice. The Arctic blast sent temperatures plunging across the country, with a record low of -42F (-41C) recorded...

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Nelson Mandela Memorial: World Leaders In SA

Nelson Mandela: Obituary Of An Icon Updated: 6:30am UK, Friday 06 December 2013 Nelson Mandela's long but ultimately successful struggle to liberate South Africa's oppressed black majority made him a figure of hope and inspiration for millions of people...

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Jailed Kiev Opposition Leader's Daughter Speaks

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent in Kiev The daughter of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has urged her country to unite against the rule of Ukraine's president Victor Yanukovich. Eugenia Tymoshenko told Sky News her mother was...

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Nelson Mandela: Day Of Prayer And Reflection

By Emma Hurd, Sky News Correspondent South Africans are gathering in churches, synagogues and mosques across the country to observe a national day of "prayer and reflection" in honour of the late Nelson Mandela. President Jacob Zuma will attend...

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Kiev Protesters In Show Of Determination

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent in Kiev Standing by the barricades under the national flag in Independence Square, two men beat out a steady rhythm on an oil drum. It's bitterly cold, the air thick with wood smoke from the fires all around,...

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