As the United States and Britain press for a war against Iraq, energy experts believe the energy map of the Middle East and beyond will change depending on the outcome of any conflict.
Cane toads, which have become the plague of northern Australia, are now threatening one of the world’s last unspoilt wildernesses.
When Khalil Tufakji was 16, he was shot in the arm by soldiers during a protest in Jerusalem against occupation. Israel was not the occupier then and the soldiers, like the protesters, were Arabs.
The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday welcomed a decision by the international body to enforce a treaty on torture, despite opposition from the United States.
The world’s top nuclear inspector said yesterday that it may take 12 months to discover whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction — a view that is likely to irritate Washington hawks.
Israeli courts wade into the process of selecting who to include on the list of righteous gentiles at a Jerusalem Holocaust memorial amid a campaign to add two Germans and to strike off a Ukrainian who Jewish survivors say has no place among heroes.
The northern Nigerian city of Kaduna was peaceful overnight, officials and residents said on Monday, as riots fuelled by opposition to the Miss World pageant came to an end.
An Australian banker had his testicles examined more than 300 times by mostly female doctors to help him deal with severe depression, a court in Brisbane was told Friday.
Angola’s civil war may have ended, but the behaviour and attitudes of its people are still dominated by violence, with women often on the receiving end.
In a year-long experiment called LaughLab, a British psychology professor asked thousands of people around the world to rate the humour value of a list of jokes. The online search has produced a winner.