The top mediator in Kenya's election crisis last year, former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, has sent the International Criminal Court (ICC) an envelope containing the names of those suspected of being responsible for the violence that broke out after

As an angry debate rages over the 200-plus people recommended for prosecution by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), an independent body set up under the 2003 peace agreement, civil society groups warn its many other recommendations risk being overlooked.

Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah, who is standing secret trial in Jos, Plateau State, on the charge of treason, yesterday, bowed to pressure from leaders of the Niger-Delta when he finally

Two suspected militants were yesterday arrested by operatives of the Joint military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta at Forcados in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while trying to blow up crude pipelines with explosives.

Hizbul Islam chief Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has reportedly accepted peace talks after discussions with Egyptian government officials, who have been leading efforts to mediate between Sheikh Aweys and President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

One Australian town has become the first in the country to ban bottled water. Bundanoon is banning bottle water in an effort to help the environment.

Under threat of lengthy jail time, his former chief of staff agreed on Wednesday to be a prosecution witness.

Are the antitax protests bigger than reported? It's not easy to tell, but a retired fisherman is keeping count.

Most historians agree famed explorer Meriwether Lewis killed himself in October 1809, but his descendants are not so sure.

Vulnerability tests conducted at a number of federal facilities met with abysmal results, according to a report to the US Congress by the Government Accountability Office.

It's not that long ago that former President George W. Bush was being characterized as a dimwit. In truth, because he was not a smooth talker, he often came across as less than a deep thinker.

A 60-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with selling heroin on the NSW Central Coast.

THREE people have been charged after police allegedly found a clandestine drug laboratory in a home west of Brisbane, police say.

A SYDNEY policewoman must undergo plastic surgery to her face after suffering a vicious dog attack.

POLICE have charged a Sydney man over the alleged recovery of $20,000 worth of stolen Balinese homewares.

US President Barack Obama is to announce tomorrow an international initiative worth $US15 billion ($19.25 billion) to boost global food supplies, the head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development said.

Two theme parks were evacuated as a precaution on Wednesday

It happened after the son had said he had failed his subjects at school

He says that the National Court is competent to open the graves at the Valley of the Fallen