The exploitation of young Naomi Conte, from domestic skivvy to forced prostitution, starts in Sierra Leone and ends in London. It is a harrowing tale of modern day slavery

Article on the call to ban cluster bombs and an opportunity to sign a petition.

NINE suspected terrorists allegedly stockpiled a cache of deadly chemicals as they plotted a "violent jihad" on Sydney. In what is being described as the biggest terror trial in Australia's history,

Very cool site with world maps where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. Click "Map Categories" tab to see maps on Poverty, Transportation, Education, Violence, Housing and more. Provides a unique perspective.

Divers exploring a maze of underwater caves on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula have identified what may be the longest underground river in the world.

A Russian reporter who died after falling out of a window was investigating sales of weapons by Russia to Syria and Iran, his newspaper Kommersant said Tuesday.

Iran is fast joining ranks with India and Afghanistan as a victim of trans-border violence perpetrated by irredentist elements crossing over from Pakistan.

Sitting amid mounds of rotting garbage in a rubbish dump in Baghdad, 13-year-old Huda Hamdan is the human face of a new U.N. report that says a third of war- torn Iraq's 26 million people live in poverty.

Once seen as vulnerable, squeezed between a U.S. military presence in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran is increasingly confident now that the Iraqi and Afghan insurgencies have tied up the United States in increasingly costly wars.

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours