Women and children in rural areas of Afghanistan consume opium on a regular basis to cure their illnesses. The Afghans believe that opium has curative powers.
The United States vowed to nearly double its funding to the Syrian opposition, and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised the Syrian people they will not be left alone.
Why are the lights and logos out at the Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Christ the Redeemer, Burj Khalifa, and Great Wall of China? They've all gone dark for Earth Hour 2012 as a symbolic gesture of each nation's commitment to sustainability.
Syria says the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is now over, but it will keep its forces in cities to maintain security until it is safe to withdraw in keeping with a U.N.-backed peace deal.
Six years after its inception in Sydney, Australia, an estimated 5,251 cities and towns in 147 countries and territories across the globe are expected to celebrate Earth Hour 2012. Co-Founder Andy Ridley explains...
The top U.S. diplomat is also set to meet with ministers from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates before heading for talks with Turkish, Arab and Western leaders on the Syria crisis.
Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can harm bumblebees and honeybees, interfering with their homing abilities and making them lose their way.
Kofi Annan demanded that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad order his troops to ceasefire immediately.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday that arming anyone in Syria could lead to a proxy war. Maliki made his comments during a speech at an Arab League summit in Baghdad, adding that diplomacy and a serious national dialogue are the only ways to stop the year-long violence in Syria.
The heads of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, drafted a joint statement attacking American and European aggressive policy actions and dominance of global institutions.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are meeting in Delhi to discuss a range of issues, including increased financial integration of the member countries.
Arab League foreign ministers met in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria, where a year of violence that has resulted in more than 9,000 deaths.
Despite their political differences, varied economic clout and undefined association, the meeting between the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is set to highlight the group's growing independence
In light of a planned missile launch, U.S. defense officials announced the suspension of food aid to North Korea
Johnson and his partners are buying the Los Angeles Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion, yet another chapter in the life of a perennial comeback kid and a sign that the Dodgers are in good hands. Take a look back at Johnson's tumultuous but ultimately legendary career in our timeline of the American icon here, and see how his struggles in the past could help the L.A. Dodgers in the future.
A number of international powers rushed to warn Sudan that recent military clashes near the border with South Sudan are propelling the nations toward war yet again.
A major U.S. airline lobbying group on Tuesday ditched a private lawsuit challenging the European Union's recently-implemented carbon tax for airlines using the trading bloc's airports, calling on the Obama administration and Congress to take up the charge.
The comments come amid growing international skepticism towards a peace plan accepted by Syria and its last remaining Security Council allies Russia and China on Tuesday, after reports emerged of continued clashes between Assad's forces and opposition fighters.
Syria has accepted a UN-sponsored peace plan, international envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad raided rebel forces who have taken refuge across the border in Lebanon.
In a typically provocative statement, Ahmadinejad said Iran had no limit to expanding ties with President Bashar al-Assad's regime and that Iran would do all in its power to support this country.
With the world's population increasing by an estimated 1 million more people each week for the next 38 years and more of humanity shifting from rural to urban living, cities across the world will be feeling squeezed very soon.
Undeterred by a federal investigation into his peers, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has shown unwavering support for an Iranian dissident group called the People's Mujahedin of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK.
