As British Prime Minister David Cameron prepares Thursday's London conference on the future of Somalia, Amnesty calls for civilian protection to be put at the centre of any strategy put in place to stabilise the country - particularly children who are recruited as soldiers, denied access to [...]

The UN refugee agency has criticised British policies that it says can lead victims of rape and torture to be incarcerated in detention centres.

As of next 1 June, organic products certified in Europe or in the US may be sold as organic in either region under a new partnership agreement signed last week in Nurember at the world's largest trade show for organic products.

Internet giant Amazon.com appears to have removed all whale products from its wholly-owned Japanese website overnight, following worldwide publicity that scores of whale products were offered for sale.

High-income countries are some of the least healthy and many low-income countries are in better shape, according to a newly created measuring stick - the Eco2 Index - that uses both ecological and economic security as criteria to determine the overall health of 152 countries.

What restrictions, if any, should be placed on the Internet?

The enemies of free speech are monitoring journalists, filtering online content, and attacking news websites.

Shadowlands: haunting photographs depicting the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster + UK TV 23 February: Inside the Meltdown: http://uk.oneworld.net/events.