Climate change--with its hotter growing seasons and increasing water scarcity--is projected to reduce future harvests in much of the world, raising the specter of what some scientists are now calling a perpetual food crisis.So what is a hot, crowded...

Traffickers have escalated their arms race, acquiring military-grade weapons, hand grenades, grenade launchers, armor-piercing munitions and antitank rockets with firepower far beyond the assault rifles and pistols that have dominated their arsenals.

This petition will be sent to the U.S. Ambassador to China and the Chinese Minister of Commerce to help get new legislation against the cruelty of fur farms in China and around the world. Thank you for taking your time to sign.

With the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world has begun to fulfill the post-World War II promise of "never again." It issued 12 public arrest warrants. It made its first arrest in 2006. Four defendants are in custody in The Hague.

Sumatra's few remaining tigers may be trying to send mankind a message. The critically-endangered big cats killed six people this month. Most were illegal loggers, plying their trade in protected national parks in Indonesia's Jambi province.

As host of the upcoming G20 summit, P.M. Gordon Brown can invite a representative of the African Union to participate. It is crucial that a representative from the African Union be present at those meeting to represent many of the world's poorest nations.

Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed.

AUDIO:What if 2012 is now? Are we really entering the time of the nephilim returning in 2009? Ancients warned on their glyphs thousands of years ago.Jesus said 'even the stones would cry out.' Please listen to this conversation with spiritual strength.

Governments are always tempted to violate human rights, but 60 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the human rights movement is now able to ensure that abusers pay a hefty price...Have your say.

The effort begins today, which is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and culminates 16 days later on December 10, International Human Rights Day.