Superstorm Sandy could cost up to $45-billion in damages after it swept across the US’s east coast, wreaking more havoc than storm Irene last year.
The UN will announce plans to eliminate child labour by 2020 after research showed growth in developing nations would not greatly reduce the numbers.
Millions are braced for hurricane Sandy as the gigantic storm threatens to unleash a potentially lethal storm surge along the east coast of the US.
A fresh version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas has sparked a censorship row.
Apple has unveiled its iPad mini with prices starting at $329 to compete with Amazon and Google’s tablets. But is it good, despite its price?
Two-thirds of Israel’s Jews say Palestinians should not be allowed to vote if the West Bank was annexed, while three in four favour segregated roads.
Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps, where conditions are reportedly dire.
Tony Abbott, Australia’s politician damned as a misogynist by Julia Gillard, has plunged himself into a new row over his attitude towards women.
The only way forward for Syria is to broker a political settlement in consultation with Russia and Iran, writes Peter Hain.
The Satellite Sentinel Project says it has evidence of indiscriminate attacks by the Sudanese government in the state of South Kordofan.