A severe drought is fueling a grave food crisis in Afghanistan that threatens millions with possible starvation. "In Afghanistan, the heroin trade, suicide bombings and the 'war on terror' has put the humanitarian agenda on the sidelines."

A short video outlining extreme poverty and hunger, and it being one of the United Nation's Millennium Goals

Upon entry into force, this Agreement will create the necessary legal foundation for our cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It offers significant benefits to both countries.

One of China's most respected journalists, Hu Jia, has just been sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment. The charge made against him? "Subverting state authority".

The rising price of food is sending shivers down the spines of many world leaders who are aware that the skyrocketing prices have the potential effect of causing a "real economic and humanitarian tsunami in developing countries".

Chinese officials will meet representatives of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom China blames for a wave of unrest, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, citing official sources.

CHERIE Blair, noted human rights lawyer and wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, will be among the more than 250 delegates descending on Qatar to participate in the third Annual International Shafallah Forum

"On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member..."

The Pakistan military has said several hundred personnel and many more militants have died, but the number of civilian casualties remains unknown.

An activist group, Dream for Darfur, gave the International Olympic Committee a failing grade Wednesday for what it called the organization's lack of effort to use the Beijing Games as a platform to stop suffering in the Sudan.