The U.S. president won "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Nobel Foundation said Friday. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention..."

Eight Americans and six Afghan troops died Saturday after being outnumbered in an attack strikingly similar to an insurgent assault 15 months ago in which nine U.S. soldiers died in an outpost in the same northeastern province, Nuristan.

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Prevalent even in the United States, it's one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world, and homeless youth are especially vulnerable.

Police have been handed 'Chinese-style' powers to enter private homes and seize political posters during the London 2012 Olympics.

Sorry this is short but I still have to do some research here because we felt an earthquake minutes ago and we think that in Mexico City was worse. Please pray for us.

Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports

JERUSALEM -- The right-wing coalition of the new Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not bode well for Palestinians in Israel. With the appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister, the extremists are going after the indigenous.....

Rarely in human history has such a small group of people caused so much suffering for so many as is the case with the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, in central Africa--

Pope Benedict XVI, who is making his first papal visit to Africa, has said that handing out condoms is not the answer in the fight against HIV/Aids. The pontiff preaches fidelity in marriage and abstinence, unaware that he is killing people...

Over the last four weeks the world has looked on in horror as women, men and children have borne the brunt of the conflict in the Gaza Strip and Southern Israel. It is not just the number of casualties that has sent shockwaves...It is inflicted DEATH...