A Palestinian man who stabbed a British woman to death in April 2017 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by an Israeli court. The 59-year-old attacker, Jamil Tamimi,
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An escaped lion has been shot dead at an animal sanctuary in North Carolina after killing an employee. The Conservators Center said the lion had gotten out of its enclosure
A critically-ill boy has died 10 days after his mother finally won a 17-month legal battle to visit him in the United States. Shaima Swileh saw two-year-old Abdullah in hospital
Security forces in Egypt have killed 40 suspected militants a day after four people died in a bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus. The country’s interior ministry did not say
Three tourists and a guide have been killed after a bus was hit by a bomb blast near the Giza pyramids in Egypt. At least another 10 people were injured
A 71-year-old Frenchman has embarked on an epic journey across the Atlantic on a barrel-shaped capsule heading towards the Caribbean. Jean-Jacques Savin set off from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary
A new Russian missile system has been created that will render any defence systems useless, a top official from the country has claimed. Yuri Borisov, Russia’s deputy prime minister, told
A Syrian teenager left paralysed and in a wheelchair after being caught in an airstrike has undergone spinal reconstructive surgery in the UK. Sky News viewers who have followed the
The US coastguard is searching for a British crew member who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship about 300 miles off Puerto Rico on Christmas Day. Royal Caribbean
Three suspected drug smugglers have been arrested after failing to escape the police in a high-speed water chase on the Costa del Sol. The Spanish Civil Guard used a helicopter
At least 100 people have been injured in political violence in Bangladesh as the country prepares for a tense election. Thousands of soldiers are being deployed across the country to
Japan has announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), a move that will allow it to resume commercial whale hunts. Until now it has been able, under IWC
The foreign secretary has said the UK “can and must do more” to help some of the 215 million Christians worldwide who faced discrimination and violence last year. Jeremy Hunt
 An Iranian-British academic who was detained in Iran has returned to the UK. The academic and anti-war activist Abbas Edalat, who is based in London, travelled to Iran from
Bono has been busking in Dublin, urging people to donate to a homeless charity. The U2 frontman was spotted singing with guitarist The Edge in the Irish capital on Christmas
More than 370 people have died in the tsunami that struck Indonesia, sweeping away homes and hotels that line the coast. The tsunami hit the Sunda Strait on Saturday
The number of dead in Indonesia has risen to 429 people and more than 1,400 are injured. At least 128 are still missing and thousands are homeless. I am in
 Christmas decorations have been banned in at least four cities and a county in China. The ruling Communist Party’s emphasis on tradition and the suppression of religion under President
Two fishermen have been rescued by a cruise ship in what has been described as a Christmas miracle. The Costa Ricans had been adrift at sea for about three weeks
At least 281 people have died after a tsunami swept away hotels and hundreds of homes in Indonesia. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said 1,016 were injured after the
