UN To Discuss Yemen As Rebels Seize Major City

The UN Security Council will meet on Sunday night to discuss the deepening crisis in Yemen. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi had asked the organisation for an "urgent intervention" amid allegations that Houthi fighters were staging a coup against...

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Shia Volunteers Lead Fightback Against IS

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent, in Iraq Ansar Marjaiyeh, or Soldiers Of The Religious Leadership, is a group of Shia volunteers leading the fightback against Islamic State militants near Fallujah. IS snipers are just 200m away, and...

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Iran's President Optimistic On Nuclear Deal

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says he is optimistic that a deal over his country's nuclear programme can be reached during the current round of negotiations. Mr Rouhani said that recent progress in the talks between Tehran and other world powers,...

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Obama: Israel Hampering Palestinian Peace Plan

Barack Obama has said Israel is making it "hard to find a path" for peace over the Palestinian conflict. In an apparent snub to Benjamin Netanyahu, the US President said the Israeli leader's rejection of a two-state solution was hampering negotiations...

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US Troops Pull Out Of Yemen As Crisis Worsens

By Sky News US Team Some 100 US troops, including specials forces commandos, have begun pulling out of Yemen amid worsening security concerns. The troops are the last of the US forces deployed to Yemen to conduct operations against al Qaeda and allied...

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Tunis Museum Terror Attack: CCTV Of Gunmen

Footage showing a militant attack carried out by two gunmen on a museum in Tunisia has been released by the country's interior ministry. It shows the armed men walking through the Bardo national museum in the capital Tunis before they opened...

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Woman Beaten And Burned By Angry Mob Is Buried

A woman who was beaten with sticks and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning the Koran has been buried in Afghanistan. The funeral of Farkhunda was attended by hundreds of people and her coffin was carried to the graveyard by other women. Smartphone...

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IS Posts 'Kill List' Of US Military Personnel

A group calling itself the "hacking division" of Islamic State has published what it says are the names and addresses of 100 US military staff and urged IS supporters to kill them, a monitoring group says. SITE Intelligence said the allegedly hacked...

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Confederate Plate Battle Reaches Supreme Court

By Sky News US Team A contentious free speech case involving a license plate featuring a Confederate flag has reached the US Supreme Court. The case centres on Texas' decision in 2010 to reject a proposed plate displaying the Confederate battle flag,...

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British Medical Students 'Working In Syria'

A number of British medics are reported to have travelled from Sudan to Syria to work in hospitals in areas controlled by Islamic State (IS). The students were part of a group of 11 people who crossed into Syria last week without warning their parents,...

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