Beijing’s Great Hall of the People is magnificent. Based, as it is, in such a politically sensitive location looking out over Tiananmen Square...
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“The majority of smugglers lose their money on gambling, drugs and discos.” Those are the words of someone involved in cross-Channel people...
An individual at the heart of cross-Channel people-smuggling has revealed to Sky News that most smugglers choose to settle in Britain and invest their profits...
After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes...
Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in a ninth week of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans to...
Protests have broken out in Iran’s capital Tehran after hundreds of girls were suspected to have been poisoned in dozens of schools. Parents gathered...
Thousands of people have marched through Tunisia’s capital, protesting against an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of...
The Hindu festival of Holi is back for another year of colours, food fun and celebrations. Marking the coming of spring and the end of winter, the annual...
Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s longstanding foreign minister, provoked laughter from an audience at an international conference in India when he attempted to...
The famous Prussian general Clausewitz famously opined: “No one starts a war or rather, no one in his senses should do so without first being clear in...
It has been another violent week in the West Bank. Six dead, in six days – three Palestinians and three Israelis. On Thursday night, a 17-year-old boy...
Being bitten by drug dealers and stabbed with syringes “went with the territory” for undercover police officer Michael O’Sullivan. Aged just...
I’ve been to Huwara many times, but never seen it like this. Driving in feels like you’re nearing the frontline of a war. The streets, normally...
The bird flu virus isolated from a girl who died from the disease had mutations that made it better adapted to human cells, Sky News has learned. The 11-year...
We knew the name of the village with the location pinpointed on our mobile phones, but we did not need a map to find a place called Kapicam. Instead, we simply...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a televised statement criticising anti-government protesters after the previous defence minister and senior...
