Pope Benedict XVI called for urgent action to protect the environment, saying Tuesday that climate change and natural catastrophes threaten the rights to life, food, health -- and ultimately peace

He urged western leaders to firm up their commitments and agree on greenhouse gas reductions. "All we want is for them to commit to reducing emissions levels by 80 percent of the levels that they had in 1990."

Ringling Brothers breeds and trains baby elephants at a special center in Florida. PETA says these pictures show the training is inhumane. A Ringling trainer says they are "classic pictures of professional elephant training."

On December 10, 2009 at 2 AM, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the Coordinator of Bil'in's Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and arrested him. Abu Rahmah is among the lea

The Philippines' most active volcano oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash yesterday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

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We at Oxfam see it every day: climate change is increasing hunger and poverty around the world. And this week at the climate summit in Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders are making decisions that will affect the world's poor for decades to

As the world's diplomats duel over her destiny, Aminatou Haidar, on the 29th day of her hunger strike, could be hours from death she has been on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport since being deported there from her home in Western Sahara on 15 Nov

Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, kilometres of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks have siphoned more than $US1 billion ($1.1 billion) worth of oil from Mexico's pipelines over the past two years. The vast conspiracy is bleeding t

United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have suspended logistical or other support for units of the National Armed Forces (FARDC) when there are sufficient grounds to believe their operations would violate human rights