Have you been working in Haiti since the earthquake? Do you want to blog about your experiences there, for the Huffington Post? Click below, to...

Andrew Walker, writing for the New Mandala, blogs about the drying up of Mekong River in Indochina.

Regine Simon-Barjon was the heart, soul, and conscience of the Haiti "reconstruction" conference at the Sofitel Miami Hotel on March 9-10. The International Peace Operations...

According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents during Operation Moshtarak....

A Georgian TV station has revealed footage of what they say is a 130-year-old woman. Antisa Khvichava was born in 1880, according to documents the...

Patrick Kennedy blasted the media on the floor of the House this afternoon, calling the focus on the likes of Eric Massa rather than the war in Afghanistan "despicable." The lame-duck Rhode Island Democrat was speaking—and eventuall...

Colleen R. LaRose, the alleged American Islamic militant who used the Internet nom de guerre "JihadJane," traveled to Ireland last year to meet a group of Internet acquaintances, expecting they would join her as co-conspirators in a...

The international community has an opportunity to come alongside Haiti in a meaningful and creative way to assist that nation not just to get back on its feet, but to flourish.

(AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told the Palestinians that they deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory. Biden's...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in...

As Haiti struggles with the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake, Haitian President Rene Preval is meeting with President Obama at the White House today to talk about how the US can aid the impoverished island nation's economic re...

With President Obama's attempts to negotiate with Tehran going nowhere, the White House is looking to a new approach to pressuring Iran on nuclear weapons: backing the Iranian opposition movement. The US administration is now convin...

The far rightwing government of Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel majorly sandbagged Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, demonstrating once again that it has not the slightest interest in pursuing a just peace with the Palestinian peo...

In this shocking video, Joao Frigerio shows how a young murder victim's dog in Curitiba Brazil lay next to its owner's dead body during the police investigation process until the body was taken away. The purpose? To convince people ...

An unusual trial begins in Israel this week that people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old...

Jerome Taylor, The Independent A series of allegations in Germany and Holland have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church, the band of religious zealots who hold anti-gay protests at the funerals of slain soldiers. The case is being brought by the father of a Marine kill...

Still miffed by the EU’s ban on Canadian seal imports due to the perceived cruelty of the annual hunt, the country's MPs have defiantly put seal meat on tomorrow's parliamentary lunch menu. By eating the meat, a Liberal MP tells the...

(AP) RIO DE JANEIRO -- It's confirmed: Paris Hilton is too hot for Brazil. A sultry beer ad featuring the socialite has been pulled after...

David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, has been profiled by Vanity Fair in an article that reveals the sharp differences between Cameron's consensus building...