Farming and grazing in certain areas bombed by the Israeli military during last winter's war on Gaza has been banned by the Strip's Ministry of Agriculture for fear of contamination by toxic chemicals, a report released Monday revealed.

The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin has been given a warm welcome by the French Research base at Dumont d' Urville. On Friday, December 18, Sea Shepherd helicopter pilot Chris Aultman and Steve Irwin's First Officer Locky MacLean visited the French base

At least 51 people are missing and nearly 40 000 sheep and cattle have drowned after the Panamanian-flagged livestock carrier Danny F II rolled over and sank 11 miles off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday night. The ship was en route from Montevideo,

Illinois environmental officials will dump a toxic chemical into a nearly 6-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Wednesday to keep the voracious Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes while an electrical barrier is turned off......

Hezbollah's chief on Monday announced the group's new "manifesto," which calls on all countries to "liberate Jerusalem" and declares the United States a threat to the world.

Obama's trip stands in stark contrast to visits by his predecessors

Most Afghans see not Taliban militants but poverty, unemployment and government corruption as the main causes of war in their country, according to a report by a leading aid group released on Wednesday

Countries where polygamy is legal also have high rates of child abuse, gendercide, low literacy,child and female rape. Consequent to the lessening of the rights of one class of individuals, the areas that oppress women as a matter of law and/or indiffere

Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists.

U.S. President Obama will make his first presidential visit to China on November 15th. This visit presents a critical opportunity for him to take bold and concrete action towards a just and lasting resolution for the Tibetan people.