Pakistan's Taleban chief promised attacks on major US cities in a video released after the failed car bomb attempt in New York, a monitoring group said.

Fisherman and seafaring residents of the Louisiana shoreline despair as a vast oil slick approaches.

Humanitarian help has become a huge industry, buffering corrupt regimes and perpetuating war, claims the author of a new book.

Questions are sure to be raised about a self-policing system that trusted a commercial oil operator to take care of its own mishap.

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

Smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can collectively age you by 12 years.

President outlines plans to slice up the banks, reduce profits and bring cheer to taxpayers

A prophet is not without honour, said Jesus, save in his own country.

John Key has brought forward his arrival in Washington to make an unscheduled meeting with Vice-President Joe Biden tonight.

A nuclear security summit next week is likely to be the tipping point for a push for global disarmament, writes Audrey Young.

Paul Thomas writes that there's a widespread assumption of American ignorance, particularly in the heartland.