government of Nuri al-Maliki 'democracy' carried out executions in secret prisons in Baghdad, with strict security measures and said the execution was carried out by hanging on a regular basis

researchers have begun an aerial count of whales in the Antarctic ahead of the yearly Japanese hunt as Australia's government mulls a legal challenge to halt the yearly slaughter.

Swedish authorities have ruled that failed asylum seekers from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, can be sent back as there is no "armed conflict" there.

World Heritage status aims to identify, protect and preserve places considered to be of "outstanding value to humanity"

The United Nations and two prominent human rights organisations have raised grave concerns about the increasing number of civilians affected in armed conflicts in Afghanistan.

One in five Palestinians have been imprisoned at some point by Israel throughout the 40 years of Israeli occupation. To Palestinians, the 10,000 people currently in Israeli jails are political prisoners held illegally by the occupation.

During his presentation at the two-day Global Nonviolence International Conference last week, David Cortwright, author and professor of peace studies at Notre Dame University, explained why and how nonviolence should be used in the current war against...

Iran vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with plans to sharply increase its capacity to enrich uranium, defying international pressure to halt activities the West fears are aimed at making nuclear bombs.

A World in peace and free of Hunger is possible. It depends on us, only on us.Better defined as a question of the heart: No human being should die of hunger. World Alliance to end poverty. It should be the beginning of a more evolved human being.

The international campaign to hold the Coca-Cola company accountable for its crimes in India continues to grow stronger.