Families who are victims of an alleged Indian adoption racket face the prospect of having to return their child to their biological parents. Indian authorities say at least 13 children adopted by Australians were snatched by gangs between 1998 and 1999...

THE spectre of a new Cold War was raised yesterday, after the United States warned Russia that East-West relations could be damaged “for years to come” if it did not pull back from Georgia.

PRESSURE on Russia to end the Georgia crisis was dramatically heightened last night when George Bush, the US president, said the American military would be sent to the region to provide aid.

Yesterday, hours after the two countries had stopped fighting for real, their respective teams confronted each other before a baying, partisan crowd in a sporting arena – clad in bikinis.

“All the threads that hold a community together – a common identity, role models, a sense of safety – were given by young people as motivations to join gangs. Our research suggests that young people are creating their own ‘youth...

These are photos of Robert Mugabe’s mansion, near Harare. Mugabe’s brutal regime is certainly generating a nice income for him as his people starve and suffer; they now have an average life expectancy of 34 years. I found an interesting...

THE world’s biggest ecstasy haul, 15 million pills, was imported into Australia disguised as tinned tomatoes. The 4.4-tonne shipment of ecstasy, worth $440 million dollars...

France played an active role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Rwandan Government said in a report unveiled overnight, naming French political and military officials it says should be prosecuted.

A wave of bombings left 29 people dead and 88 injured in the Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday, prompting fears of renewed communal unrest. Up to 16 separate small bombs went off in several parts of the city, which has a history of violent clashes...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Dutch man was astonished to learn from police that the begonias he had lovingly tended on his doorstep concealed a secret marijuana plantation.