STORY HIGHLIGHTS Family warms rocks by fire and puts them in overturned Jeep They are stable with “no frostbite, just some exposure issues,” hospital says The two adults “did a fabulous job keeping (the kids) warm,” hospital CEO adds The 2006 silver Jeep Wrangler with a black top carried the excited family of six into the back country of northwestern Nevada for a playful weekend outing in the snow. […]

  India’s top court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights. The Supreme Court ruling reverses a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised homosexual acts. The court said it was up to parliament to legislate on the issue. According to Section 377, a 153-year-old colonial law, a same-sex relationship is an “unnatural offence” and punishable […]

Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn’t want to make. Jacob’s Well in Wimberley, Texas is one of the most dangerous places to dive on Earth, having claimed the lives of more than eight divers.  But that doesn’t stop thrill-seekers from taking the plunge. This stunning natural swimming spot – and the daredevil swimmers who dive into it – was captured by […]

Chinese hackers spied on the computers of five European foreign ministries over the summer, according to research from US security company FireEye. The hackers sent emails with malware-ridden attachments purporting to detail a possible US intervention in Syria. The company has not revealed which ministries were targeted but said the malware samples were meant for individuals involved in the G20 talks. In total nine computers had been compromised, the company […]

  STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ambassador Caroline Kennedy tours the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum She meets with survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing, which killed as many as 80,000 Kennedy says her family is committed to nuclear disarmament “President Obama also has been working very hard on this issue,” she says Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, visited Nagasaki on Tuesday, one of two Japanese cities on which the United States […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Blackburn striker D.J. Campbell arrested in spot-fixing investigation, his soccer club confirms Five other players in English lower divisions also arrested, says National Crime Agency The NCA says Monday that five released on bail while other is still being questioned UK’s Sun on Sunday newspaper published allegations made by undercover investigative team A former English Premier League footballer is one of six players who have reportedly been arrested […]

  Ukrainian police have begun dismantling protest camps in front of government buildings in Kiev. An opposition party said the police had also raided their headquarters. The protesters had been given until Tuesday to leave. No clashes have been reported. Opposition leaders urged supporters to defend Independence Square, the main protest site. The stand-off follows weeks of unrest after a U-turn on a free-trade deal with the EU. The BBC’s […]

  South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Mr Mandela led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. He had been receiving intensive medical care at home for a lung infection after spending three months in hospital. Announcing the news on South African national TV, President Jacob Zuma said […]

The US SpaceX company has announced its intention to take a big slice of the market for launching the world’s TV and telecoms satellites. The California outfit has just launched a new platform for satellite operator SES to serve its growing customer base in India and South East Asia. It is the first time SpaceX has put a satellite in a geostationary transfer orbit, far above the Earth. The launch […]

Dramatic battle caught on camera in the Londolozi private game reserve in Pretoria, South Africa The clash erupted after one of the tigers delivered a vicious blow to the neck of its rival After 45 minutes of bloody battle the larger tiger was deemed the winner This is the incredible moment a pair of bloodied tigers slashed each other with their claws in a dramatic fight over territory. The dramatic […]