http://news.sky.com/world http://feeds.skynews.com/images/web/logo/skynews_rss.png http://news.sky.com/world The latest international news from Sky, featuring top stories from around the world and breaking news, as it happens. en-GB Copyright 2016, BSKYB. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 16 Mar 2021 03:09:00 +0000 Sky News 1 http://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307 The breadth and depth of human suffering in the Ethiopian region of Tigray is perfectly clear to humanitarian workers, human rights groups and the international diplomatic community. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:43:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307 Thousands have been made homeless by the ongoing fighting http://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-germany-suspends-oxford-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-amid-blood-clot-concerns-12246936 Germany, France, Italy and Spain are suspending use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as EU regulators investigate reports some people developed blood clots after having the jab. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:36:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-germany-suspends-oxford-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-amid-blood-clot-concerns-12246936 A dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is prepared, at Copes Pharmacy and Travel Clinic in Streatham, south London. Picture date: Thursday February 4, 2021. http://news.sky.com/story/killer-whose-home-inspired-the-amityville-horror-films-dies-aged-69-12247323 A man convicted of slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a home that later inspired the The Amityville Horror book and movies has died. Tue, 16 Mar 2021 03:09:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/killer-whose-home-inspired-the-amityville-horror-films-dies-aged-69-12247323 Ronald DeFeo Jr., center, leaves Suffolk County district court after a hearing, Nov. 15, 1974. DeFeo was ordered held without bail on one count of second-degree murder. He is accused of shooting his parents, two brothers and two sisters to death in their sleep on early Wednesday, November 13, at their home in Amityville, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) http://news.sky.com/story/myanmar-you-could-face-the-same-fate-as-saddam-or-gaddafi-military-chiefs-warned-12246959 Myanmar's military chiefs have been warned they could face the same fate as Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi amid fears the country might be plunged into "the greatest civil war" it has seen. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:02:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/myanmar-you-could-face-the-same-fate-as-saddam-or-gaddafi-military-chiefs-warned-12246959 Protests have continued in Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup on 1 February http://news.sky.com/story/syria-close-allies-of-bashar-al-assad-hit-with-freezes-and-travel-bans-under-new-uk-sanctions-12246727 Six close allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - including his foreign minister - have been targeted with asset freezes and travel bans as part of fresh UK sanctions. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:49:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/syria-close-allies-of-bashar-al-assad-hit-with-freezes-and-travel-bans-under-new-uk-sanctions-12246727 A man walks past a banner depicting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Douma, outside Damascus, Syria, September 17, 2018 http://news.sky.com/story/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-reveals-his-new-prison-in-instagram-post-12247197 Putin critic Alexei Navalny has revealed where he is being held after he was moved to a new prison last week. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:39:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-reveals-his-new-prison-in-instagram-post-12247197 Mr Navalny likened the prison to a concentration camp http://news.sky.com/story/melting-glaciers-linked-to-increased-carbon-emissions-in-unexpected-discovery-12246837 The melting of the world's mountain glaciers could be releasing damaging carbon emissions into the atmosphere and accelerating climate change, researchers have said. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:57:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/melting-glaciers-linked-to-increased-carbon-emissions-in-unexpected-discovery-12246837 Researchers found the glacier carbon cycling process existed in the Austrian Alps and across the world. Pic: Lee Brown http://news.sky.com/story/eu-launches-legal-action-against-uk-for-breaching-northern-ireland-protocol-trade-agreement-12246863 The UK has maintained changes it made to Northern Ireland's trading arrangements are "lawful" and "well precedented" after the European Union launched legal action against it. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:23:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/eu-launches-legal-action-against-uk-for-breaching-northern-ireland-protocol-trade-agreement-12246863 A freight lorry leaving Belfast Port http://news.sky.com/story/portugal-and-mauritius-removed-from-englands-travel-ban-red-list-12247096 Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores, is being removed from England's COVID travel red list - meaning returning Britons no longer have to quarantine when they come home. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:03:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/portugal-and-mauritius-removed-from-englands-travel-ban-red-list-12247096 The Algarve in Portugal is a popular getaway destination for Britons http://news.sky.com/story/merkels-party-suffers-historic-defeats-as-germans-react-to-handling-of-covid-crisis-12246563 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has suffered historic defeats in regional elections as voters reacted to her handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:46:00 +0000 http://news.sky.com/story/merkels-party-suffers-historic-defeats-as-germans-react-to-handling-of-covid-crisis-12246563 Voters in two German states reacted to Angela Merkel's government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. File pic