Child Killer Father Hangs Himself In Jail

A father who cut his children's throats after a custody battle with his French former wife has hanged himself in prison, according to legal officials in France. Julian Stevenson was living in the French city of Lyon when he slit 10-year-old Matthew...

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Schumacher Showing 'Slight Improvement'

Michael Schumacher has shown "slight improvement" after a surgical procedure but is not out of danger, doctors treating him have said. The operation to remove the largest of a series of blood clots in the racing driver's brain took around two hours,...

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North Dakota Train Blast Prompts Evacuation

Many residents have left a town in North Dakota after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, but officials warned that toxic smoke could blow into the area. No injuries have been reported A mile-long train derailed just outside the small...

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Fontana Killings: Four Dead In California Home

Two children and two adults have been found dead in a home in southern California. Police went to the Fontana home after a 16-year-old boy called on Monday night to say his family members had been injured or killed in the house. The deaths were being...

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Phoenix Bank Robbery: Video Released

Police have released surveillance footage of a bank robbery in Phoenix that led to a shoot-out in the streets in which the suspect was killed. The video shows the robber, identified as Mario Edward Garnett, 40, entering the Compass Bank branch in west...

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Young People Sell Future Earnings To Investors

By Hannah Thomas-Peter, New York Correspondent A new industry is offering people the chance to "sell" a portion of themselves to investors in return for a cut of their future earnings. Start-up companies such as Pave match carefully vetted, mainly...

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Crop Circles On California Farm In Salinas Valley

A giant and intricate crop circle that appeared, seemingly overnight, on a farm in Salinas Valley, California has been drawing large crowds. The circle was reported by two friends who claimed on YouTube to have witnessed two bursts of light before dawn...

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Right-To-Life Family Wins Jahi Court Order

A family in California have won an 11th-hour court order to keep a brain-dead girl on life support until at least January 7. A judge ordered that 13-year-old Jahi McMath should be kept alive beyond a prior court-appointed deadline, which was set...

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Doctor On Trial For Selling Baby She Delivered

A doctor has gone on trial in China accused of selling a newborn baby boy she had helped deliver. Zhang Shuxia, an obstetrician at the Fuping County Maternal an Child Health Care Hospital in Shaanxi Province, has been charged with trafficking infants....

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WikiLeaks: Assange Dad Assad Visit 'Unapproved'

Wikileaks has said it was unaware of and did not approve a delegation to Syria which met with President Bashar al Assad, and reportedly included Julian Assange's father. It came after Australia's Wikileaks Party announced it was to to take part in the...

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Archbishop To Condemn Israel At Midnight Mass

By Tom Rayner, Middle East editor One of the most influential Catholic Bishops in the Middle East is expected to criticise Israel during the Christmas Eve midnight mass in Bethlehem. It is thought the Latin Patriach of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad...

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British Airways Plane 'Crash' In Johannesburg

A British Airways plane has crashed into a building at Johannesburg Airport in South Africa. The aircraft, carrying 182 passengers, sliced its wing through the building while taxiing on the runway, BA confirmed. Posting on Twitter, the airline said:...

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Spacewalk On Christmas Eve For US Astronauts

Two space station astronauts have begun a Christmas Eve spacewalk in hopes of wrapping up urgent cooling system repairs. The ISS flies about 250 miles above Earth. Pic: Nasa It is the second spacewalk in four days for US astronauts Rick Mastracchio...

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Tiger Kills Mate In Botched Bid To Breed

A female Malayan tiger at the San Diego Zoo has been fatally mauled by her intended mate during an attempt to breed. The female tiger, named Tiga Tahun, died of neck injuries and breathing difficulties, the zoo said. The encounter "began with positive...

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Paris Bar Pair Shot Dead At Point-Blank Range

A man and a woman have been shot dead in a Paris bar by a gunman who then fled the scene on foot. The two were shot at point-blank range with one bullet each, police said. They were sitting outside the Cafe Chineur in a residential area of the French...

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Pussy Riot Members Freed From Russian Prison

The two remaining jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been freed under an amnesty initiated by President Vladimir Putin. They had been found guilty of hooliganism after a performance critical of the leader and were due to be released...

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AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov Dies Aged 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the world's most widely used firearm, has died at the age of 94. The AK-47 - "Avtomat Kalashnikov" - was created in 1947 when he was in his 20s two years after the end of World War Two and has sold an estimated 100...

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Egypt: 14 Dead In Police Headquarters Explosion

At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura. The blast injured around 100 others, state media reported. Investigators are trying to find out whether the blast, which happened at around...

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Afghanistan: British Soldier Killed By Enemy Fire

A British soldier understood to have been serving in the Special Forces has been killed in action in Afghanistan. "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) must announce the death of a soldier from the Royal Engineers in Afghanistan...

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South Sudan: 'Ethnic Killings' As Graves Found

Mass graves have been uncovered in South Sudan amid evidence of ethnic killings in the world's newest state. Dozens of bodies were discovered at a site in South Sudan's oil rich Unity State, as the death toll from a week of fighting increases. Violence...

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Google: Mandela Is Year's Most-Searched Term

Nelson Mandela was the world's most searched for term on Google for 2013. Searches for Mr Mandela were already high this year, but following his death on December 5 people all over the world used the search engine to find out more about the anti-apartheid...

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Six US Servicemen Killed In Helicopter Crash

Six US service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, according to officials. One person on board the aircraft was injured, but survived the crash in the southern Zabul province. A statement issued by the Nato international...

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Fighting Continues In South Sudan After 'Coup'

Fierce gun battles continued in South Sudan overnight as troops loyal to the president fought rival soldiers accused of staging a coup. Residents in the capital, Juba, barricaded themselves inside their homes as gunfire resumed in the early hours of...

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New Pipeline To Loosen Russia's Grip On Energy

By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor The UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is in Azerbaijan today at a ceremony to sign a £27.6bn pipeline deal which will provide another alternative to energy supplies from Russia to Europe. The deal will make...

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N Korea Marks Anniversary Of Kim Jong-Il Death

North Korea's political and military elite have publicly pledged their loyalty to Kim Jong-Un during a large memorial in Pyongyang to mark the second anniversary of the death of his father. The public display of support came only days after the execution...

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China: Rare Tiger Mauls Keeper To Death

A keeper at Shanghai zoo has been mauled to death by an endangered species of tiger. The news was announced on the zoo's blog which said investigators were looking into the cause of the incident. No other details were given. State media reports named...

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Syria: Missing UK Doctor 'Dies In Detention'

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that British doctor Abbas Khan has died in custody in Syria. Dr Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from Streatham, south London, had been held in Syria for more than a year. He was seized by government troops...

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'Mafia Using Flower Power To Fund Mobsters'

Christmas flowers are at the centre of an alleged scam after four suspected mafia members were arrested by police in Italy. Red poinsettia plants - a traditional Christmas gift in Italy - were allegedly being forcibly sold to shopkeepers around Naples...

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India: US Embassy Barriers Removed Over Spat

India has launched a series of reprisals against US officials in retaliation for the arrest and alleged heavy-handed treatment of an Indian diplomat in New York. The government ordered the return of identity cards for US consular officials that speed...

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Russia And Ukraine Sign Deal Despite Protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slashed the cost of gas sold to Ukraine and agreed to buy billions of government bonds. The deal comes amid massive protests in the Ukraine over the government rejecting closer ties with the European Union in favour...

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US To Lose '$35bn A Year' Over NSA Spying

California's Silicon Valley is set to lose up to $35bn (£21bn) in revenue as companies and citizens use computer services in other nations to avoid snooping by US intelligence agencies, a new study has suggested. In a report for the Washington DC-based...

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Zimmerman Girlfriend Wants Gun Case Dropped

George Zimmerman's girlfriend, who had accused him of pointing a gun at her, now wants a prosecutor to drop a domestic violence case against him. Mr Zimmerman was arrested last month after Samantha Scheibe accused him in a 911 call of pointing a gun...

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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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Central African Republic: French Troops Killed

Two French soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic, officials in Paris have confirmed. The deaths represent the first French casualties since President Francois Hollande deployed 1,600 troops to restore order there. A statement from...

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PIP Breast Implant Boss Jean-Claude Mas Jailed

The founder of a company that made substandard breast implants has been jailed for four years. Jean-Claude Mas of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) was found guilty of fraud after using industrial-grade silicone in thousands of breast implants sold worldwide....

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Nevada Family Go Missing In 'Brutal' Cold

Rescue teams are racing against the clock to find a couple and four children who have been missing in the bitter Nevada cold for almost two days. The rescue teams have worked into the night to locate James Glanton, 34, his girlfriend Christina McIntee,...

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'Smoking Thief Sets Cars And Himself On Fire'

CCTV footage shows the moment a man accidentally set several cars on fire after allegedly lighting a cigarette while trying to steal petrol. The 26-year-old, who was later found by police with burns on his leg, also appeared to be engulfed by flames....

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Christian Brothers Criticised Over Child Abuse

By Vicki Hawthorne, Ireland Correspondent Child abuse allegations were made against 325 members of one Catholic diocese in Ireland over a 38-year period but just 12 were convicted, an audit has found. A review found the Christian Brothers' initial...

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Obama And Castro Handshake At Mandela Tribute

Barack Obama has shaken hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela. The handshake between the leaders of the two Cold War enemies came during a ceremony in Johannesburg that is largely focused on Mr Mandela's...

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