The recent attacks in Australia are deplorable. Ironic is that Australia is the No. 2 destination for Indian Students, who want to study abroad. Education is Australia's third-largest export earner after coal and iron ore.

International criticism of Iran's handling of a disputed presidential vote and subsequent protests is mounting, after Iranian media reported the arrest of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani's eldest daughter.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has committed for trial the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape and pillaging.

The government of this country has armed and sanctioned a brutal gang which imposes its authority whenever it feels like it, whether given the slightest excuse or not

South Africa-Like birds perched on a wire, the jobless men sat along a concrete wall, idle on a sun-drenched day and voicing an ardent hope that their new president, Jacob Zuma, would deliver for them.

In the final hours of Iran's fierce election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a sharp warning that authorities would crush any attempt at a popular "revolution" inspired by the huge rallies...

Peru is witnessing violent clashes between indigenous groups desperately trying to protect the Amazon and the government, who has pushed through legislation allowing intensive mining, logging and large scale farming in the rainforest. Please sign!

Chinese authorities have instituted censoring measures to block access to several internet sites and services in anticipation of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest and massacre....China is a scary new entrant into the real world?

Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start the grim job of pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean, where the plane with 228 people went down in the the airline's worst disaster in its 75-year history.

Savannah, GA (WTOC): Global rallies for Troy Davis are experiencing a worldwide chanting of "Free Troy Davis! Free Troy Davis", his supporters in Atlanta chanted, and it's the same cry that's being heard worldwide! It is very unusual for so many together.