Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian nations Thursday to vigorously enforce the latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea.

A senior US Coast Guard commander has told the BBC that conflict is likely in the Arctic, unless disputes over international borders are resolved

Chinese restaurants carry at least 20 different dog dishes, with "fried long dog tails" being the latest craze among upscale Beijing yuppies.

Russian tanks are rolling deeper into Georgia. That country's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, accuses Russian of a "well-planned invasion. From Beijing, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared "War has started." Will this be another Czechoslovakia?

Beijing - Five Tibet supporters held a dramatic protest in Tiananmen Square early this afternoon, calling for an end to the Chinese government's occupation of Tibet. Four of the activists, lying down

Contact your closest Team Tibet Captain to get involved in actions near you during the Olympics! Local Team Tibet chapters will be organizing events throughout the month of August.

At least three investigations, are being held into an incident at Bellhaven Rest Home, in Epsom,NZ, in which an elderly woman's mouth was taped over because she asked for a cup of tea...

Queen Elizabeth II has stripped Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's strongman president for nearly 30 years, of his honorary knighthood as a "mark of revulsion" at the human rights abuses and "abject disregard" for democracy over which he has presided,

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Nicole Kidman is urging world leaders and ordinary people to join the global fight to end violence against women. The actress, who is seven months pregnant, is passionately committed to her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N

A sad anniversary: On 17th April of 1975, the Khmers Rouges entered Phnom Penh and emptied the capital from its 3 millions inhabitants. 4 years later, a quarter of the Cambodian population had been exterminated. Here's a great book and a great movie..