The numbers are a product of a much larger institutional problem - poor reproductive health education in low-income communities.

A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes over a TV show in which a Saudi man described his extra-marital sex life.

Guatemalan and US authorities have seized a makeshift submarine loaded with cocaine with a US street value of US $200,000,000.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study shows pre-teen children have sought rehabilitation for problems with amphetamines, cannabis, alcohol and even heroin.

Murder, torture, steal then pray and donate to charity. The ‘family values’ of Mexican drug cartel La Familia.

One too many perfect smiles. The smiling, laughing, coquettish and youthfully vigorous perfection of the advertising images slowly worked their way into his unconscious like a sociopathic ferret into warm and inviting undergarments. His mundane daily...

A soccer mum who gained notoriety for openly carrying a loaded pistol to youth sports events has been fatally shot by her husband as she video-chatted with a friend, authorities say.

Rupert Murdoch has all but declared war on internet search engines for using the content that his (and others’) websites are generating. It seems more than just a little bit duplicitous for this billionaire tycoon to claim that search engines...

In the Australian retail sector there are two main entities running the show: Coles and Woolworths. They have been busily and autocratically squeezing smaller competitors out of the market and out of Australian shopping centers for many years now. ...

In the above painting by Francisco De Zurbarán we find Saint Francis of Assisi in deep religious contemplation. I chose this image of Saint Francis because it is one of the most powerful Christian devotional icons I have encountered. It is quite...