Ebola: UN Agency Admits It Botched Outbreak

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent The World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted that it botched attempts to halt the ebola outbreak in West Africa. The UN health agency has blamed factors including incompetent staff and a lack...

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Cameron Presses EU Leaders On Ebola Fund

David Cameron has called for European Union leaders to double their contribution to help tackle ebola, demanding a combined 1bn euro (£800m) pledge. The Prime Minister has written to the other 26 leaders and European Council president Herman van Rompuy...

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Fears For Britons Caught In Nepal Snowstorms

Fears are growing for the safety of a number of British trekkers who have not contacted their families since a series of deadly blizzards and avalanches in Nepal. The Foreign Office has confirmed it has spoken to concerned families who have not heard...

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Brazil Serial Killer: Hospital Guard 'Kills 39'

By Karine Mayer, South America News Editor A hospital worker killed 39 people in 10 months out of "anger at everything and everyone", police in Brazil have said. Thiago Rocha, 26, is accused of embarking on a killing spree in the central state of...

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Ebola Probe Expanded To Nurse's Earlier Flight

The Texas nurse being treated for ebola may have shown symptoms as early as last Friday - three days before being diagnosed. A spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is expanding its investigation to include passengers...

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Pistorius Actions 'Dominated By Vulnerability'

Oscar Pistorius' actions when he shot dead his girlfriend were "dominated by vulnerability and anxiety", his lawyer has said. Barry Roux said the Paralympian athlete was a "compromised person" when he opened fire on Reeva Steenkamp who was in his...

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Second Ebola Nurse Told She Could Fly By CDC

A nurse with ebola who was able to board a flight in the US despite suffering from a fever did tell officials she was running a temperature, it has emerged. Amber Vinson was able to travel from Cleveland, Ohio, to Dallas, Texas, on a commercial...

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Ebola Could Spread Globally, Obama Warns

Ebola could spread globally if the world does not respond to the epidemic in Africa, Barack Obama has warned. The President also said US monitoring of ebola must be "much more aggressive". He insisted the second case of an infected nurse in Dallas...

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Pistorius 'Needs To Pay For What He's Done'

Reeva Steenkamp's cousin has told Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing that the athlete "needs to pay for what he has done". Kim Martin, who is giving evidence at the High Court in Pretoria, said "everybody has suffered" since the athlete shot dead...

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Oscar Money U-Turn May Be Due To Media Deals

The spectre of blood money - being offered and accepted - has emerged for the first time in the Oscar Pistorius trial. The court heard the athlete wanted to pay the Steenkamp parents a lump sum of more than £21,000 but this was rejected by Reeva's...

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Hong Kong Police Officers 'Assault' Protester

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Six Hong Kong police officers have been suspended after a video appearing to show a protester being taken to a dark corner and beaten was aired on a local news channel. The apparent attack came as police arrested...

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Pistorius Sentencing Hearing Gets Under Way

Oscar Pistorius is back in court for the third day of his sentencing hearing after being found guilty of culpable homicide. The 27-year-old was convicted last month over the shooting dead of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's day 2013....

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'Pistorius Lives To Love Again. Reeva Is Dead'

The cliche "what a difference a day makes" could not be more apt than when describing the dramatic reversal of fortune for Oscar Pistorius. Twenty-four hours before shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the athlete had sponsorship deals worth millions,...

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North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Seen In Public

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time in more than five weeks, scotching rumours of a coup. State media said early on Tuesday, local time, that Mr Kim visited a residential district and a scientific establishment....

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Oscar Pistorius Arrives For Sentencing Hearing

Oscar Pistorius has arrived in court in Pretoria for the second day of his sentence hearing for killing Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete arrived at the North Gauteng High Court 50 minutes being the hearing was due to start and without the usual phalanx...

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