'Corpses Everywhere' After Iraq 'Massacre'

Al Maliki's Successor Faces Old Problems Updated: 6:29pm UK, Friday 15 August 2014 By Andrew Wilson, Sky News Presenter, in Irbil, Iraq The disaster in the Sinjar mountains turns out to be less of a public relations nightmare for Western leaders...

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Iraq: 'Secret' Surveillance Flights Revealed

The UK has been secretly flying its most advanced surveillance aircraft over northern Iraq during the humanitarian crisis there, the Defence Secretary has revealed. The Rivet Joint intelligence gathering aircraft has been deployed to boost a team of...

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Yazidis Return To Mountains On Rescue Mission

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent Tens of thousands of people from the ancient Yazidi community were left stranded on top of Mount Sinjar when Islamic State militants took over their towns and villages on August 2. Among them was Azeez...

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Screams As 35 Sick Migrants Found In Container

A dead man was among 35 immigrants found in a container at Tilbury Docks after crew were alerted by "banging and screaming". Police have launched a "homicide" investigation after the man was discovered with 34 sick children and adults hiding in a container...

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Most Expensive Car Ever Sells For Record £23m

A Ferrari considered to be one of the greatest models ever built has sold at auction for a record £22.84m. The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta is one of only 39 models made. The car sold at auction was the 19th of the 39 and has been owned by the Ferrari...

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Iraq: Talks To Arm Kurds As PM Calls For Unity

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss whether to provide military equipment to Kurdish fighters in Iraq. They will also co-ordinate their stance on providing humanitarian aid for those fleeing Islamic State (IS) militants, formerly...

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'Mum Arrested' After Girl Drowns In Hotel Pool

The mother of a three-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel swimming pool near Blackpool has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The youngster is believed to have been staying with her parents at the Dalmeny Hotel, St Annes, when she got into difficulty...

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Ebola Epidemic Is Like 'War Time' Says MSF

Ebola Cure 'A Long Way Off': Facts About Virus Updated: 12:08am UK, Thursday 07 August 2014 A cure for the deadly ebola virus, which has killed hundreds of people in West Africa, is "a very long way off", an expert has told Sky News. David Evans,...

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Cliff Richard's Home Searched Over Sex Claim

Police are searching Sir Cliff Richard's home in connection with an alleged sex offence dating back to the 1980s - which the singer has dismissed as "completely false". South Yorkshire Police officers have gained entry to the star's property in the...

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Iraq: US-UK Row Back On Yazidi Rescue Mission

A US and UK humanitarian mission to rescue thousands of Yazidis trapped in Iraq is "far less likely" to take place after it has been revealed fewer are stranded than previously feared. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK's plans needed...

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Record Numbers Off To Uni As A* Grades Rise

By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs and Education Editor A record number of students have been accepted into university, with a rise in the number achieving top marks in their A-level exams. Ucas, the organisation which handles the admissions process,...

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Heavy Shelling Heard In Rebel-Held Donetsk

Heavy shelling has pounded the centre of Ukraine's separatist-held city of Donetsk, according to witnesses. People poured out of their offices onto the stairwell of the city's main administration building after loud explosions nearby triggered an evacuation...

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PM: UK To Help In Major Iraq Rescue Mission

A growing number of MPs have told Sky News it is time for the UK to join US airstrikes in Iraq to stop the advance of Islamic State fighters. David Cameron returned from Portugal today, cutting short  his holiday by a day, and will this afternoon...

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'Horrible Stories' Of Iraqis Fleeing Extremists

The US has sent 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to assess the scope of the humanitarian mission, as the plight of families displaced by Islamist extremists deepens. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the soldiers had been sent to northern...

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Baby Born In Austrian Alps Meadow At 7,400ft

A doctor, gynaecologist and mountain rescuers were forced to climb 2,500m (8,200ft) above sea level to help a woman give birth in the Austrian Alps. The 30-year-old mother went into labour in a mountain hut in Tyrol on Tuesday morning. However, due...

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Derailed Train Carriages 'Plunge Into Ravine'

A train carrying 200 passengers has been derailed by a landslide causing some carriages to plunge into a ravine in Switzerland. One of the carriages hanging off a steep ravine. Pic: Blick.ch Pictures from the scene showed at least one carriage in...

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Robin Williams: A Crowd-Pleaser Suffering Inside

By Steve Hargrave, Entertainment Reporter The dark, the light, the happy and the sad. Never have I interviewed such a fascinating man who trod such a public tightrope as Robin Williams. But then for all the sadness that lurked behind the manic...

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Spanish Priest With Ebola Dies In Hospital

A Spanish priest who contracted ebola while working in Liberia has died in hospital, health authorities in Madrid have confirmed. Father Miguel Pajares was the first European infected by a strain of the virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in...

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Robin Williams: Tributes For Actor Dead At 63

Relatives, showbiz personalities and politicians have expressed their sadness at the death of Robin Williams, who has died at the age of 63 in a suspected suicide. The Oscar-winning actor was found dead at his home in northern California, according...

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