Hundreds of poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women in Peru are dying because they are effectively being denied the same health services other women in the country receive, Amnesty International concluded in a new report today (9 July).

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into the sea as it approached the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros in bad weather early on Tuesday

While Iran's opposition announced another day of street demonstrations, an Iranian provincial prosecutor, Mohammadreza Habibi, warned that the "few elements" behind the pro-Mousavi protests could face the death penalty under Islamic law, Reuters cited an

The implications of a Chinese government mandate that all computers sold after July 1 carry Internet-filtering software are "chilling," warns a press freedom watchdog.

Iran's government sought today to decapitate the opposition movement by rounding up ­hundreds of activists, journalists and intellectuals. A total of 500 were reported to have been detained across the country, including well-known political figures...

The rich world is failing to deliver on its side of an historic pact to improve the living conditions of millions of people in Africa, according to an assessment released today.

YANGON, Myanmar -Riot police behind barbed wire barricades ringed a notorious prison where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday for allegedly harboring an American man who swam to her lakeside home.

IN BURMA, things just go from bad to worse. ...

World leaders, human rights groups and fellow Nobel laureates denounced the move as an attempt by the military junta to silence its chief opponent ahead of next year's election -- which will be the first since Suu Kyi's party won elections in 1990 that

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers turned out Sunday for the 24th annual AIDS Walk in Central Park - and raised $5.6 million, organizers said. Craig Miller, founder of the fund-raiser for Gay Men's Health Crisis said the amount was impressive...