17 May 2013 11:44 Reality star puts style before comfort as she sports see-through stiletto heels during reality TV show Kim shows off her swollen feet in perspex heels Kim, who is due to give birth later this summer...
Fire service ‘needs transforming’
Sir Ken Knight found variations in the amount different fire and rescue authorities were spending Fire and rescue services in England need to be "transformed" to become more efficient and effective, a government-commissioned review has said. Sir Ken Knight...
Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
Myanmar's President Thein Sein attends the opening ceremony of the 69th Commission Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) at the United Nations building in Bangkok April 29, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom YANGON...
McGinn signs Aberdeen deal
Niall McGinn: Aberdeen man has signed new two-year contract Sky Bet Football Betting Retrieving latest Sky Bet odds Football Betting £10 Free Bet Niall McGinn has signed a two-year contract extension with Aberdeen until 2016. The 25-year-old, who moved...
MacPherson adviser drops hack claim
Mary Ellen Field had linked alleged phone hacking with her job loss A former adviser to supermodel Elle MacPherson has abandoned her claim for damages against News Group Newspapers. Mary Ellen Field had sued the publisher of the defunct...
Ruby the Heart Stealer testifies in Milan
Karima el-Mahroug, the woman at the center of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is seen in the witness stand at left as she testifies for the first time in the trial of three Berlusconi aides...
Briton jailed for 8 years for stabbing soldier in Cyprus
David Lee Collins, 19, from Manchester, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out in a nightclub in the popular resort of Ayia Napa last November. Photo: Facebook/Cavendish By AFP 11:19AM BST 17 May 2013 Fusilier David...
Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to ‘standstill’
A man walks past a train carrying goods, at Anglo Platinum's Khomanani shaft 1 mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg January 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG | Fri May 17, 2013 6:19am EDT (Reuters) -...
Chinese tourists can be ‘uncivilised’, says official
Vice Premier Wang Yang has criticised the behaviour of Chinese tourists Photo: Getty Images Wang Yang, one of China's four vice premiers, singled out for condemnation "talking loudly in public places, jaywalking, spitting and wilfully carving characters on...
Russia ‘sends modern arms to Syria’
Russia signed the deal to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles in 2007 Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria, US media report. The New York Times quotes unnamed US officials as saying the missiles could be used to...
Bangladesh garment factories re-open
Factory workers in Bangladesh have been protesting since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building on 24 April Garment factories near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have reopened after three days of closure following protests over pay and conditions. The...
Rihanna uses headscarf to disguise greasy hair, is hailed as a fashion icon
17 May 2013 10:49 This literally never happens to us. Mainly because we don't have any headscarves. But even so, it's really quite unfair The moment Nans around the world became cool Splash If we go out with a...
Marina & Kevin Krim: Parents of two young children ‘stabbed to death by nanny’ expecting a baby
17 May 2013 10:15 Marina and Kevin Krim shared the happy news that they are expecting a baby boy in autumn on a Facebook page dedicated to their son and daughter Family: Lulu with her parents Kevin and Marina...
Religious protest over Israel draft
Police and protesters were injured in the scuffles Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have protested in Jerusalem against plans to force members of their community to serve in the Israeli military. Several people were arrested after bottles, stones and a...
Nigerian troops raid Boko Haram bastions
AFP A joint military task force unit patrols the streets of Maiduguri, in northern Nigeria, in this file photograph from April 30, 2013. Maiduguri/Yola, Nigeria - Nigerian forces attacked Islamist strongholds in the north-east on Thursday, security sources said...
US fears after Chinese missile test
A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province Photo: REX FEATURES On Monday night local time a rocket was sent into space from a launch centre in Sichuan province, southwest China. Beijing said...
Zambia’s Sata scraps key food subsidy
Reuters Zambian President Michael Sata. File photo: Reuters Lusaka, Zambia - A decision by Zambia's president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a popular revolt against his government. Earlier this...
Sudan’s Karti visits Juba for talks
Reuters South Sudan President Salva Kiir (right) welcomes his Sudan counterpart, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, outside his office in Juba on April 12, 2013. File photo: Reuters Khartoum - Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on...
Driver Survives 20m Fall From Dangling Truck
By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent A truck driver may have swerved to avoid a Melbourne motorway collision before his lorry twisted and flipped, throwing him into a 20-metre fall onto another road below. The man is in a critical...
South African Police Accused Of Using Torture
By Alex Crawford, Sky News Special Correspondent One of South Africa's leading anti-apartheid stalwarts has lambasted his country's police force after a string of accusations about their brutal methods - including torture. Ronnie Kasrils, who served in the first...
David Beckham, English soccer’s golden boy, heads for the exit (+video)
The A-list celebrity and star midfielder announced his retirement from soccer today, after a career playing for the top clubs in nations across Europe. David Beckham fixes his tie during a L.A. Galaxy news conference in Los Angeles in...
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator: we’re being asked to make all the sacrifices
Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator and a contender in the June presidential election, sat down with the Monitor to share his views about an 'unbalanced' nuclear offer made by world powers. Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attends a...
Stash your cash in Switzerland? US and Europe push to make it harder.
A Spanish court ruling and investigations spurred by whistleblowers are aimed at scaring tax evaders and raising revenue. One watchdog's list could lead to some 300 billion euros in tax havens. Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC worker wanted in...
Between the shopping malls, is there space in Dubai for dissent?
The United Arab Emirates has arrested more than 100 alleged dissidents since 2011 in a bid to maintain the Gulf state's reputation for stability. A tour bus passes near the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, in...
To tame drug violence, Mexican general takes control of chaotic Michoacan
As part of President Enrique Pena Nieto's strategy against drug violence, Alberto Reyes, a Mexican general was given control over all police and military operations in the western state of Michoacan. Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a...
EU Study Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities
The European Union's rights agency says sexual minorities face widespread intolerance and violence across EU countries. The Vienna-based Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) said that a poll it conducted of more than 93,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people...
‘Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker’, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, arrested for murder
'Kai' became know after a vivid account of his efforts to stop a previous assault went viral Photo: YOUTUBE Steve Wilson 4:24AM BST 17 May 2013 The man, 34, whose real name is Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, was wanted...
New courts to hear traffic offences
Trials of the new courts have been successful, police say Dedicated traffic courts are to be set up in England and Wales to prosecute minor motoring offences following a pilot scheme in nine areas. The move is part...
NY busts ‘cigarette smuggling ring’
About 20,000 cartons were brought to New York per week by distributors New York officials say they have busted a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring. Officials allege that three of the 16 Palestinian immigrants charged had links to known...
US soldier sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of five colleagues in Iraq
U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell Photo: AP AFP 3:08AM BST 17 May 2013 Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty,...
Health food fraud targeted
The top food watchdog has launched a five-month crackdown on health food products to better secure public health and regulate the rising industry. Health food fraud targeted.[File photo] The campaign by the China Food and Drug Administration will run...
Network making pirate products busted
An underground network of workshops that made and sold fake brand-name sanitary napkins worth more than 150 million yuan ($24.4 million) has been smashed in a series of raids in six provinces. Network making pirate products busted Since February,...
EU poll highlights homophobic abuse
A quarter of respondents said they had been attacked or threatened with violence in the past five years A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats...
Taiwan sends officials to investigate slaying
Taiwan dispatched a large investigative delegation to the Philippines, among other punitive measures, after Manila's fence-mending efforts failed to quell escalating tension over the Philippines' killing of a fisherman from Taiwan. Taiwan sends officials to investigate slaying.[Photo/Chinanews.com] A delegation...
Turkey’s Erdogan says sees opportunity for Cyprus deal
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON | Thu May 16, 2013 8:37pm...
