Because of severe winter weather in France (I’m sure someone will somehow try and blame this on global warming) 4 Eurostar trains, carrying more than 2,000...

Anas bin Saleem, a 12-year-old American, spends seven hours a day sitting cross-legged on the floor memorizing the Quran. He is one of thousands of foreigners who have...

When millions of Iranians took to the streets following June’s presidential elections, their main target was Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the hardline president they accused...

The whole village sprang into battle mode. Boys grabbed rusty rifles, women ran to the river to hide in the water, old men stood sentry on the village outskirts,...

Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human...

Even if a deal is reached at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next week it will only be the first step towards the far more radical cuts that are needed in...

Nearly 2,600 bodies have been discovered in single unmarked and mass graves throughout mountainous Indian Kashmir, human rights activists said Wednesday, alleging some...

Rising numbers of Iraqi women are being sold into sexual slavery every year because of the waning economy and dire security situation. Human rights organizations are...

The White House released a picture today of Michaele Salahi shaking hands with the president despite earlier reports that the couple who allegedly crashed the state...

For Yemenis, the mild narcotic qat is as much a part of life as an after-dinner drink in the West and, as with brandies, connoisseurs want the best varieties. But the...

Travelers often have a tendency for odd complaints. They will book a visit to, say, the Australian outback and then complain that it is too - oddly somehow -...

The appointment of two little-known figures to the new top jobs in the EU has drawn a mixed response. Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy was named President of the European...

Today is the 282th Birhday of Jaipur. Forts, palaces, architectural marvels and tales of valour, all in their own way, bear testimony to the glory that Jaipur is and...

Between gay marriage, decriminalized abortion and all that pornography on TV, you’d think that the Spanish would be impossible to shock. After all, theirs is a...

There are numerous buildings that are heritage buildings but the owners are finding it difficult to manage and sustain. A beautiful structure that came uo during...

A new diplomatic row has erupted between Peru and Chile after a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over alleged spying. The court...

I completely agree with the writer. New Zealand has everything of what it needs to be a perfect and dreamy travel destination. The beaches are so very perfect to lure...

Extremadura’s socialist government has launched a €14,000 (£12,600) campaign aimed at teaching young people how best to set about “sexual...

I am myself a great fan of traveling. I enjoy visiting beautiful places and collecting those cherished memories in my heart. Given a chance I would love to travel every...

President Chávez came to power promising to harness Venezuela’s vast oil resources to create a 21st-century nation in which no one was deprived. Now, with water and...