Iraq: No Turning Back As Country Is Carved Up

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent, in Irbil It may have taken years to get to this point, but the pace at which Iraq is being carved up is staggering. Boundaries are being redrawn and alliances are shifting - what is taking days to achieve...

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Iraq: Iran Offers To Work With Arch Foe US

Iran's president has said he would consider working with the US to combat Islamist militants in Iraq, as he offered help fight the insurgents. President Hassan Rouhani suggested he would be willing to co-operate with Iran's traditional enemy to keep...

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Iraq: Britain To Give £3m In Emergency Aid

Britain will provide an initial £3m of emergency humanitarian assistance to help civilians fleeing the fighting in Iraq. The support will include clean water, medicine, women-friendly hygiene kits, sanitation and basic household items. It comes after...

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Barefoot Boy Found: Appeal To Trace Parents

Police are trying to trace the family of a boy - about four years old - who was found alone and barefoot in a Birmingham street. The child was discovered in Chesterton Road, Sparkbrook by a member of the public who alerted officers just...

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Burglar Jailed For 'Evil' Murder Of Baby In Cot

A burglar who murdered a 10-month-old boy by hitting him more than 30 times in the face and head has been jailed for life in Australia. Harley Hicks will serve a minimum of 32 years behind bars after the judge said his crime was "utterly evil". The...

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Iraqis Told: 'Take Up Arms And Defend Country'

Iraq has implemented an emergency plan to defend Baghdad as a representative for its most senior Shi'ite cleric urged people to take up arms and defend their country. Sheikh Abdulmehdi al Karbalai, a representative for Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani,...

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Iraq MPs Fail To Agree State Of Emergency

ISIS Vulnerable Despite Seizing Swathes Of Iraq Updated: 8:29pm UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor Born in Iraq, toughened and grown in Syria, the Middle East's most violent Islamist group has returned to the motherland...

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Parklife Reveller Dies After 'Fight Over Doll'

A man who was seriously assaulted at Parklife Weekender music festival in Manchester has died. Robert Hart, 26, and his girlfriend were in front of the festival's main stage on Saturday evening watching Snoop Dogg when he was attacked by an unknown...

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McCanns 'Very Pleased' With Renewed Search

Kate and Gerry McCann are "very pleased" that significant activity has taken place in Praia da Luz over the last 10 days. The couple believe the police digs, which have produced no new evidence, reinforce their belief that Madeleine could...

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Madeleine McCann Police Bring In Sniffer Dogs

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 7:29am UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Passport Delay Denied: Emergency Plan In Place

Emergency plans are being put in place to ensure families who want to go on holiday get their passports back in time, the Home Secretary has said. Theresa May said more staff would be brought in to make sure applications were dealt with in time as an...

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Passport Service Cuts Hit Expat Applications

The backlog and workload problems at the passport office are causing frustration and anger - not just for people based in the UK, but for Britons living all around the world. Until a few years ago, British citizens living abroad could simply wander...

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Pakistan's Karachi Airport Hit By Fresh Attack

Taliban See Airport Attack As Job Well Done Updated: 11:46am UK, Tuesday 10 June 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor A protracted gun battle. Buildings ablaze. Three dozen dead. An international airport shut down. In the morbid calculus...

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Rik Mayall: Comedian 'May Have Died After Fit'

Stars Mourn 'Funniest Man Of Generation' Updated: 8:00am UK, Tuesday 10 June 2014 Comedian Adrian Edmondson has led tributes to his long-time friend and collaborator Rik Mayall, who has died aged 56. The pair worked together on hit shows such as The...

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Cameron Sets Out 'British Values' For Schools

David Cameron has set out the values he believes should be taught in British schools in the wake of allegations of a "Trojan Horse" extremism plot. Following a damning Ofsted investigation in Birmingham, which saw five schools placed in special measures,...

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Scottish Voters 'Not Getting Full Picture'

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown has told Sky News an independent Scotland would be a "more unequal country", despite the SNP's claims to the contrary. In an exclusive interview with Eamonn Holmes marking 100 days to go...

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'Trojan Horse' Schools In Special Measures

'Trojan Horse': Full Statement Updated: 10:45am UK, Monday 09 June 2014 The full statement from Park View Educational Trust on a damning Ofsted inspection of its schools as part of the checks sparked by alleged Islamist infiltration plot. "On behalf...

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May Did Not Know About Gove Letter Leak

The Home Secretary "did not know" about the release of the letter she wrote to Michael Gove about Islamist extremism in schools. Downing Street has said Theresa May was in the dark about the publication of a letter she had written to the Education Secretary...

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MH370 Families Offer Whistleblower Reward

What Next In Search For Missing Flight MH370? Updated: 10:50am UK, Friday 30 May 2014 By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent The news that teams searching for missing flight MH370 have finished combing the patch of Indian Ocean 1,000 miles...

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Fifa Feels Heat Amid Fresh World Cup Claims

By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent, in Sao Paulo Qatar deployed its political connections and natural gas wealth to help win the 2022 World Cup, according to allegations published by the Sunday Times. For the second week running the newspaper...

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Extremism Row: 'Firm Discipline' In Tory Ranks

Foreign Secretary William Hague has said a public feud between two senior cabinet ministers has been firmly dealt with by the prime minister. The Education Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May have been embroiled in a tit-for-tat...

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