The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is reportedly setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis.
Zimbabwe\'s rival opposition factions said they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament.
At least 70 people have been killed and 400 injured, many of them seriously, after two trains collided at dawn in eastern China.
Kenya\'s government has reportedly agreed to most of the demands of prison warders who took strike action on Friday.
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon is calling for immediate action to help resolve the global food crisis.
The police in Zimbabwe have raided the headquarters of the country’s main opposition party in Harare and have reportedly arrested scores of activists.
The United States Senate has passed legislation banning discrimination on the basis of a persons genetic details.
At least a third of the schools in England and Wales have been disrupted by the first national teachers\' strike in 21 years.
A top Taliban commander in Pakistan has reportedly ordered his followers to stop all attacks in the country.
The United Nations said that it is being forced to suspend its humanitarian work in Gaza because of the Israeli fuel blockade.
Amnesty International accused Ethiopian troops of capturing 40 Somali children during a raid on a mosque last week, and is calling for their release.
The National Union of Teachers in England and Wales said its members would be going on strike tomorrow.
Senator Hilary Clinton has beaten her opponent Barrack Obama to take the state of Pennsylvania in yesterday’s primaries.
Bulgaria\'s Prime Minister, Sergei Stanishev has shuffled his cabinet in the wake of criticisms by the European Union (EU).
Oil prices in London and New York have hit fresh highs as fears over supply problems continue to drive the market.
The United Nations (UN) said the world must urgently increase food production to ease escalating prices.
A key opposition figure in Zimbabwe said African leaders and the UN must act to ensure democracy triumphs in that country.
The President of Zimbabwe,Robert Mugabe accused Britain of trying to re-colonise Zimbabwe.
An earthquake with a 5.2 magnitude on the richter scale reportedly shook sections of Southern Illinois around 5.30 a.m. this morning.
A European Union (EU) official said a world trade deal and Europe\'s trade pacts with African Caribbean and Pacific countries could help increase food production by boosting agricultural trade.
South Africa has joined international calls for Zimbabwe\'s electoral commission to release the results of last month\'s presidential election.
Brazil\'s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected allegations that biofuels are responsible for the recent rise in global food prices.
More than 50 Zimbabwean opposition supporters have been arrested after staging a strike yesterday.
At least 44 people were killed this morning after a bus ran off the road and plunged into a canal in New Delhi, India.
