A new study from the Inter-American Development Bank examines wage gaps between ethnic groups and genders. The bank says that the study’s findings suggest that education must improve for ethnic minorities in Latin America. From Starboek News, ...

A land dispute is fueling violence in the capital of Uganda. Two people died during the second day of rioting. An ancient kingdom that exists within Uganda claims that land belongs to their kingdom. Ruled by a ceremonial king, this kingdom is engaging...

Kenya’s government is freeing up more money in it’s budget to buy more food. The country is in an emergency situation as the rains did not arrive during the recent monsoon season. The U.N.’s World Food Programme recently called on t...

The global recession has had bad effects on funding the fight against AIDS. Governments across the African continent are .....

The Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, has been released from prison in Scotland and can return to Libya a free man after serving eight years of his life sentence.

The following video speaks to the loss of hope that those in severe poverty feel. The video comes from Compassion International. Video: What is poverty? from Compassion International is a post from: News Updated Frequently

From DoD Buzz: A warning to lawmakers of a shift underway in the global balance of power from the West to the East came this week from a rather sober source, Stephen Daggett, a defense policy analyst at the Congressional Research Service. CRS analysts...

North Korea Arms Trade Funds Nuclear-Bomb Work, UN Panel Says — Bloomberg Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — North Korea is running a global arms smuggling enterprise to finance its nuclear weapons program, a United Nations panel said in a report on sanctions...

This photo shows the Ion Tiger in flight. The 550-watt fuel cell is show in the box in the lower left corner. Credit: Naval Research Laboratory From Live Science: Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer...

250,000 Tamils were detained after fleeing the frontline in the last stages of the 26-year-civil war. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) Sri Lanka Agrees To Release 130,000 Tamils Displaced By War — CNN Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) — The Sri Lankan...