Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Arrested At Rally

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been detained by police after tweeting he was breaking his house arrest to join a protest. The opposition activist - who ran for mayor of Moscow in 2013 - had been convicted of fraud alongside his brother Oleg earlier...

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Putin's Enemies: Justice Or Show Trials?

Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is the latest Russian opposition figure to feature in a series of criminal cases condemned as political "show trials" by critics of President Vladimir Putin. The accusations have particular resonance in Russia...

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UN Push For Palestinian Statehood Blocked

A resolution demanding Israel ends its occupation of the Palestinian territories in three years has been rejected by the UN Security Council. The draft, put forward by the Palestinians, was one vote short of being adopted. However, if the resolution...

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Search Officials: 'Debris Is Missing Plane'

Items resembling a plane door and an emergency slide found in the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 are probably from the missing plane, officials have said. At least 10 large objects have been found in the Java Sea, around six miles from where the...

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Hunt For Killer Shark As Teen Victim Named

Australian officials are hunting a shark that killed a teenager off Australia's southwest coast in the nation's second deadly attack in as many weeks. Jay Muscat, 17, was spearfishing with a friend on Monday off Cheynes Beach, on the south coast of...

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Al Shabaab Leader Targeted In US Airstrike

The US military has targeted a senior leader of the al Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia. "The strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia," Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright said in a statement. "At this time, we do not...

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What Happened To Flight QZ8501? Five Theories

As rescuers prepare to resume the hunt for QZ8501 with first light, aviation experts look at what might have happened to the AirAsia flight. :: Mechanical Failure: The A320 has an excellent safety record with only 26 crashes since they were first...

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Live Updates: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Search

Live Updates: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Search We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.Close The aircraft was reportedly travelling at 32,000 ft when contact was lost ...

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Objects Spotted In Sea In Missing Plane Search

An Australian plane has spotted objects in the sea during the hunt for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, officials have said. Indonesian officials said the search team had made the discovery while searching for the jet which stopped communicating...

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N Korea's Human Rights 'Worst In The World'

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent The United Nations Security Council has held its first ever meeting to discuss "unspeakable atrocities" and "grave human rights violations" allegedly being carried out in North Korea. The 15-member council, which...

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North Korea Hacked? State's Internet Cut

North Korea's limited internet service collapsed for more than nine hours just days after the US vowed to retaliate for a cyber-attack on Sony, which has been blamed on the reclusive state. A US-based analyst said all internet went down after a period...

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Man Stabs Himself After Ploughing Into Market

A man driving a van has ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Nantes, western France, injuring 10 people. The driver drove at a chalet serving hot wine in front of which several people were gathered, a witness said. "I just saw the car charging...

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Stigma Of Sierra Leone's 'Ebola Orphans' Remains

By David Bowden, Senior News Correspondent Sierra Leone is now at the forefront of the fight against Ebola in West Africa, with more reported cases - over 8,000 - than any other country, a rising number of deaths and many children left orphaned. ...

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Israel Launches Gaza Airstrike On Hamas Site

Israel has said it has carried out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip on what it called a "Hamas terror infrastructure site". It was in response to a rocket fired from Gaza into southern Israel on Friday, the military said. Residents reported hearing...

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Sony: 'We Had No Choice' But To Cancel Film

Sony has defended its decision to cancel a film mocking the North Korean regime after the studio suffered a damaging cyber-attack. In a statement, the company said it had "no choice" but to pull The Interview, because cinema chains across the US had...

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Eight Children Stabbed To Death In Cairns

Eight children have been found stabbed to death at a house in Cairns, Australia. The children are reportedly aged between 18 months and 15 years old. Police were called to a property in the suburb of Manoora following reports of a woman with serious...

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Russia's Crumbling Economy Faces Fresh Sanctions

Russia's crumbling economy could be hit further after the EU agreed on more santions over its intervention in Ukraine. Fresh punitive measures - banning investment in Crimea to target Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration - were agreed at the...

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Falling Oil Prices Could Spell Serious Trouble

By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent Paul Kenworthy has been an oilman for more than two decades. He's the owner of 10 wells near Midland West Texas and has seen good times and bad come and go, several times over. But the precipitous drop in oil...

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Terrorists 'Plotting To Bomb School Buses'

Pakistani police have issued a warning that terrorists are planning to plant magnetic bombs on school buses. Authorities in Islamabad issued a letter calling on schools to increase security and to check underneath buses and other vehicles. It comes...

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Prisoner Exchange Sparks US-Cuba Policy Shift

By Sky News US Team The United States and Cuba have moved to end decades of hostilities following an exchange of prisoners, including US government contractor Alan Gross. Barack Obama outlined a "policy of engagement" on Wednesday that included re-establishing...

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Sierra Leone Braced For More Ebola Cases

By David Bowden, Senior Correspondent, In Freetown Sierra Leone, caught in the grip of the Ebola crisis, is bracing itself for a sharp increase in cases of the killer disease over the Christmas period. The Government is so worried about the situation...

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Pakistan Taliban's History Of Bloody Attacks

Described as a "national tragedy" by prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistani Taliban's massacre at a Peshawar school is the group's latest brutal attack. The organisation said the killings at the military-run school were "revenge" for a widespread...

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Exclusive: Death Pact Of IS-Fighting Britons

Exclusive: Death Pact Of IS-Fighting Britons We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok. Close Play video "Britons Reveal IS Fight In Syria" Video: Britons Reveal IS Fight In Syria...

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