Sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4m (4ft 6in) globally by 2100 as polar ice melts, according to a major review of climate change in Antarctica.

Despite evidence that female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) is on the decline in countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Yemen, numbers appear up overall as the procedure endures through tradition.

4 MORE SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, BRINGING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER NUMBERS OF U.S. MILITARY KILLED TO 73

While traditional universities struggle with soaring costs and declining endowments, the online education sector is expected to grow at least 15% in the US in 2009.

Prime Minister Sheik Hasina asked world leaders gathered in Rome on Monday, if trillions of dollars could be spent to save collapsing financial markets, why a similar duty was not felt to feed the world's hungry.

Keynote address of HE Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia at the War Crimes Conference & Exhibition that took place at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 28th October 2009. Compelling speech... Please Watch!

It was an ancient tradition banned by the Taliban but now it's back: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from northern Afghanistan on the hiring out of young male dancers by older men

Canada's deep commitment to peacekeeping is highlighted in a $15-million program, now in its third year, to train African peacekeepers.

U.S. President Barack Obama has urged the military rulers of Burma to release pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

For the first time in human history, the number of people across the world suffering from hunger exceeds 1 billion -- one sixth of the world´s population.