George HW Bush: Condition Worsens In Hospital

The health of former US President George HW Bush has worsened and he is in intensive care with a "stubborn fever". Mr Bush was admitted to the intensive care unit on Sunday and has been put on a liquids-only diet. He has been battling bronchitis for...

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US Snow Storm Heads East After Hitting Midwest

A severe US snow storm is threatening more devastation as it heads east after pounding the Midwest, killing six people. Up to 18 inches of snow is forecast inland on Thursday, from western New York to Maine, before tapering off into a mix of rain and...

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Netflix Blames Amazon For Xmas Eve Outage

The online film streaming service Netflix is blaming Amazon after millions of people were unable to access its service on Christmas Eve. Netflix says a problem at Amazon Web Services (AWS), which rents out computing power in data centres in the internet...

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China: Shark Tank Explodes At Shopping Centre

Sixteen people were hurt when a 33-ton aquarium containing sharks, other fish and turtles exploded at a shopping centre in the Chinese city of Shanghai. CCTV pictures captured the moment the giant tank burst, sending glass and fish flying into the crowd....

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Nelson Mandela Discharged From Hospital

By Emma Hurd, Sky News Correspondent Former South African President Nelson Mandela has "not yet fully recovered" despite being discharged from hospital and will continue to receive medical care at home, a spokesman said. The 94-year-old was released...

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Spider-Man Lives As Peter Parker Is Killed Off

After 50 years of spinning webs and catching master criminals, student-turned-superhero Peter Parker has been consigned to Marvel Comics history. Parker became the Amazing Spider-Man in 1962, the creation of Marvel's Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Issue...

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Indian Tea Plantation Boss Burnt To Death

Hundreds of disgruntled workers on a tea plantation in India have surrounded the owner's home before setting it on fire, killing him and his wife. The bodies of Mridul Kumar Bhattacharyya and his wife, Rita, were found by police at a tea estate in the...

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Antarctic Lake Drilling Attempt Abandoned

An attempt to melt a borehole through the continental ice sheet to reach a hidden Antarctic lake has been abandoned by a team of British scientists and engineers. The freshwater Lake Ellsworth, which has been sealed off by the ice 3km (2 miles) down...

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India Protests: Rapists To Be Named Online

The names, addresses and photographs of convicted rapists will be posted online by police in India to publicly shame them for their crimes. Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh, the country's junior home minister, said the measure would begin in New Delhi,...

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Fiscal Cliff: Obama Cuts Holiday Short

Opinion: President Obama Must Find Diplomacy Skills Updated: 3:58pm UK, Thursday 27 December 2012 By David Buik, Cantor Index President Obama and his charming wife Michelle recently posed for Christmas holiday photographs in Hawaii – all chilled...

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Russia's Vladimir Putin: I'm Not Authoritarian

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied he runs an authoritarian system, saying he has had plenty of chances to change the constitution but never has. In his first major news conference of his third term as president, he said: "I cannot call this...

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India Elections: Modi Inches Closer To Top Job

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent Early election results in the Indian state of Gujarat suggest the controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi will win a fourth successive term by a landslide - sealing his status as a frontrunner in the...

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Body Of Endangered Whale Washes Up On Beach

One of the most endangered whales in the world has washed up dead on a beach in northeast Florida. Officials said the 26ft-long (8 metre) North Atlantic right whale washed up overnight on a beach near Palm Coast. Federal marine spokesman Barb Zoodsma...

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Oz Customs Staff Held Over Drug Smuggling

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent An alleged major drug smuggling operation involving a network of customs officials has been uncovered at Australia's biggest airport. Eight people have been arrested - with more expected - after police...

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Barack Obama Trapped By Spider-Man's Web

A photo of Barack Obama getting caught in Spider-Man's web outside the Oval Office has been released by the White House. The playful encounter between the US president and a staff member's child dressed up for Halloween was captured by his official...

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Knife Attacks: Pupils Taught To Combat Threat

Chinese schools are teaching young students how to fight off knife-wielding attackers following a string of stabbings aimed at children. Twenty-seven people have been killed and more than 80 injured since March in a spate of knife attacks that have...

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Ben Affleck Calls On US To Help Congo

Actor/director Ben Affleck has addressed members of Congress to appeal for stronger US leadership over the "desperate" situation in Congo. Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, the Argo star said a desperate humanitarian situation in...

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US Shooting Spurs Bulletproof Backpack Sales

Sales of bulletproof backpacks have soared in the days after the shootings of 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. One company, Amendment II, sells Avengers and Little Mermaid-themed bags for boys and girls respectively,...

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Deadly Snakes Hatch In Oz Toddler's Wardrobe

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent An Australian mother has found a box of deadly snakes in her three-year-old son's wardrobe. Donna Sim, from Townsville in the state of Queensland, gave her toddler a plastic container when he was playing...

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Hollande Recognises French Brutality In Algeria

French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged the brutality of France's occupation of Algeria, but stopped short of an apology. In a speech at the Palais des Nations in Algiers on the second and final day of his landmark visit to the former French...

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Man Held Over Facebook Child Abuse Video

Police have arrested a mechanic for alleged child abuse after a video of a toddler being hit by his stepdad was put on Facebook. A 32-year-old suspect was held over the nine-minute video which was first posted by Facebook user Vasu Amaithi Padai on...

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Brazil: Team Quits Final Over 'Gun Threat'

The final of South America's second biggest football competition was abandoned after the away team claimed they were beaten and had guns pulled on them at half-time. Brazil's Sao Paulo were awarded the Copa Sudamericana after their Argentinian opponents...

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Ancient Peruvian Priestess Face Reconstructed

The reconstructed face of a high ruling Peruvian priestess has been unveiled by researchers from Utah Valley University. They revealed the reconstruction during a presentation at the Bruning Museum in Lambayeque, Peru. Priestesses were very powerful...

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Chef Jamie Oliver Sued In 'Pink Slime' Row

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is among those being sued in the US by a worker laid off by a beef processing firm after "pink slime" was apparently used in fast food and school lunches. Bruce Smith is one of 750 employees fired earlier this year by Beef...

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Japan Murder Mystery: Elderly Suspect Dead

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Efforts to solve a string of murders in Japan have been complicated after the main suspect - a grandmother - was found dead. Miyoko Sumida, 64, was the suspected mastermind behind a series of deaths in Amagasaki...

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Nasa Video Debunks 'End Of World' Theories

Scientists at Nasa have released a video dismissing theories that the world will end on December 21. Experts at the American space agency are so confident of their argument, that they have posted the December 22-dated video more than a week before the...

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Hans Christian Andersen's First Tale Discovered

A Danish historian has found a copy of a previously unknown fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen at the bottom of a box. The historian Esben Brage accidentally found the copy in a filing box at the National Archives of Funen. The six-page text entitled...

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Town In Chile Struck By 170 Earthquakes

More than 170 tremors have been felt in the coastal town of Navidad in quake-prone Chile in just five weeks. The strongest - of 5.9 magnitude - struck during a funeral and sent panicked mourners fleeing into the street. The town, with a population...

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Litvinenko: Russia 'Was Involved' In Death

The UK has evidence the Russian state was involved in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, who was working for MI6 when he died, a coroner has heard. The pre-inquest review was told the former KGB spy had been hired by MI6 for a number of years and was...

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Royal Hoax Radio Staff 'Moved Into Safehouses'

Staff at a radio station behind a hoax call that led to the apparent suicide of nurse Jacintha Saldanha have been moved to safehouses, according to reports. Managers at Sydney radio station 2Day FM have also recruited 24-hour bodyguards to protect employees....

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Philippines Typhoon: Deadly Scale Becomes Clear

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent The number of people killed in the Philippines typhoon may rise as high as 500. Rescuers and recovery teams are continuing to discover devastated communities in remote regions of Mindanao Island. Typhoon Bopha...

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Oscar Niemeyer: Brazilian Architect Dies At 104

Brazilian icon Oscar Niemeyer, who revolutionised modern architecture, has died just a few days short of his 105th birthday. Mr Niemeyer designed some 600 works and was renowned for his contribution to the global skyline. He is most famous for constructing...

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Rhino Drones: Google Backs Poacher Surveillance

Google is putting up $5m (£3.1m) to help keep an eye on poachers trying to hunt rhinos. The internet giant has donated the funds to the World Wildlife Fund to increase its fleet of unmanned surveillance drones. The WWF has already been using drones...

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Blind Pupil Dragged Down Corridor By Teachers

A Santa Fe teacher who dragged a blind six-year-old special needs student by the ankle has been suspended after video of the incident went viral. The woman, who was not identified, said the boy was unco-operative when she asked him to walk with her...

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Marijuana Law: Seattle Cops Say 'Get Baked'

A new law on recreational marijuana use has come into force in Washington state, allowing smokers to light up at home but not in public. The authorities issued their own advice - with a light touch - via the official Seattle Police Blotter on the dos...

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North Sea Ship Collision 'Human Error'

"Human error" may have caused a cargo ship to collide with another vessel and sink off the Dutch Coast, killing at least five crew members, its Greek manager has reportedly said. The Dutch defence ministry said the North Sea was treacherous when the 485ft...

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Egypt: Tanks Move In As Protesters Ordered Out

The Egyptian army has issued an ultimatum to protesters to move away from the presidential palace, or they will clear the area. The announcement follows the deployment of tanks around the complex after a night of running street battles in which five...

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Taliban In Afghan Spy Chief Assassination Bid

By Mustafa Kazemi, in Kabul, Afghanistan A Taliban suicide bomber has attempted to assassinate Afghanistan's intelligence chief, leaving him with significant injuries. Asadullah Khalid, the chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS), was receiving...

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Travolta And Newton-John Grease Video Panned

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have recreated scenes from Grease in a video for their new Christmas album. But this time around their singing and dancing has been widely panned - even being labelled "creepy" and "odd". The pair, who starred as...

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Iran Earthquake: Six Dead As Buildings Flattened

An earthquake has shaken eastern Iran, killing at least six people and injuring more than a dozen others. The quake of 5.5 magnitude hit Iran's Zohan district at 8:38 on Wednesday evening. Five villages were destroyed and at least 11 others damaged,...

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Afghan Girl's Throat Slit Over Refusal To Wed

A 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan has been murdered after her family refused a marriage proposal. The teenager had her throat slit as she was carrying water from a river to her village home in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday. Two men have...

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