Poland and Ukraine, the hosts of Euro 2012, have a serious problem of institutional racism that is clear to any visitor.
Uganda’s Joseph Kony has kidnapped nearly 600 children in the past three years, forcing boys to take ” potions” and turning girls into sex slaves.
UN envoy Ban Ki-moon says the Syrian regime has "lost its fundamental humanity" and no longer has any legitimacy after the massacre of 90 villagers.
A video accompanying Madonna’s recent Tel Aviv concert showed French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s face with a swastika superimposed over it.
Greenpeace says British consumers are unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the Amazon rainforest by buying meat products from Tesco.
G7 finance ministers are backing a greater "fiscal and financial union" as the best way to tackle the debt crisis threatening the single currency.
China has long insisted that other countries desist from meddling in its domestic affairs. Now it appears even smog reports for tourists are verboten.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has accused more than 75 government officials of looting at least $4-billion from the young country’s coffers.
The Vatican is in a fit of pique over a book written by a feminist nun that praises female masturbation and other "deviant" and "depraved" behaviour.
Britain could be asked to underwrite up to 4.8-billion towards a bailout of Greece if the country exits the euro.