US supports Sri Lankan war crimes investigation

Venezuela’s opposition has found its voice in Henrique Capriles to challenge Hugo Chavez in October’s presidential election.

Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at [...]

UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on the growing crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, where more than a million children are [...]

At least one person has been killed in protests over rising fuel prices. The cost of petrol more than doubled on Sunday night after the [...]

At least ten people have been killed in clashes between striking oil workers and police at a ceremony marking Kazakhstan’s [...]

Firoze Manji: African countries “untouched” by Arab Spring emerge after 30 years of declining income and privatization policies

Despite being illegal, sex selective abortion is rampant in India.

With four million births per year, Pakistan is poised to become the world’s fourth most populous nation in just under 40 years.

The population of Nunavik is largely ethnic Inuit but its people, particularly the young, are 11 times more likely to commit suicide then [...]

Hundreds of protesters have been occupying a park in New York’s financial district for well over a week.

One million children are at risk of death as Pakistan’s floods crisis worsens, according to the UK’s leading international [...]