Tasmania, which has one of the highest rates of smoking among youth in Australia, would be the first place in the world to impose such an age-based ban.
The UN announced today that Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Kim-Jong Un will attend the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran at the end of August.
India bans mass texting service to contain the spread of false rumors regarding potential attacks based on ethnic conflicts, hoping to stanch an exodus from Bangalore and calm widespread panic.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an executive order Wednesday banning illegal immigrants who gain temporary status through deferred action any access to public benefits and identification.
From December 1, cigarettes and tobacco products in Australia must be sold in plain olive green packets with graphic health warnings, such as pictures of mouth cancer and other smoking-related illnesses.
The upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, quite ironically, has become a stage to gauge the member nations' stand on certain international issues, though the world's largest single political coalition doesn't promise support to any major power bloc.
A rights group has urged the Nepal government to revoke its recently imposed ban on women under the age of 30 working in the Persian Gulf nations and, instead, improve protective measures to ensure safer migration for domestic workers.
Where to draw the line between performance enhancing drugs - which many experts agree should be prohibited in sport because they make the contest unfair - and recreational drugs like marijuana, which is unlikely to boost performance but could give sport a bad image?
The U.N. today announced the Sudan and South Sudan have reached a The announcement comes just days after Secretary Clinton's talks with the leaders of the two countries, urging them toward a consensus on the issue.
China has banned Muslim officials and students under the age of 18 in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang from fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in an effort to clamp down on religious extremism.
Kofi Annan's decision to resign as UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria has thrown the violence and lack of diplomatic solution into sharp relief.
Ban added that he is in talks with the Arab League to find a successor.
Following a short-lived suspension of British journalist Guy Adams from Twitter, the social media company and its partner that was the target of Adams' first attacks, NBC, have both apologized for the incident and attempted to explain their intentions.
A Supreme Court ruling temporarily banning tourism in India’s tiger reserves has sparked a heated debate between conservationists and local tour operators: Could banning tourists actually make things worse?
On Tuesday, the New York City Board of Health will hold a public hearing for supporters and opponents of Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban on big sodas.
On his blog post, Takei noted that many well-meaning people counter that the BSA is a private organization, and as such should be able to keep whomever they want out. This is of course the same justification used to prevent minorities from eating in restaurants during the Jim Crow years.
A court ruling against circumcision in Germany's Cologne region last month has sparked indignation.
A German court's ban on circumcision has drawn severe criticism from Jews, Muslims and Christians who perceive it as an infringement of religious freedom, while medical practitioners said the ban could encourage unauthorized and untrained people performing illegal circumcisions leading to health risks.
China has forbidden Olympic athletes from eating beef, lamb and pork lest additives in the meat turn up in blood samples as banned drugs. There's only one problem: the athletes say the new diet is to blame for losses.
The government says it's taking shark fin off the state menu, but the rest of the country still hasn't lost its taste for the delicacy.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said what?s called for in the war on terrorism is better communication. Oh, yes, he did.
South Korea announced it will halt imports of Iranian crude oil as the European Union's ban on insuring oil shipments from Iran comes into effect toward the end of the month.
