In one of its last acts before the election, Britain's parliament has voted to ban so-called "vulture funds" which profiteer from third world debts.

Around the world, schools and universities have faced brutal military and political attacks in an increasing number of countries over the past three years, according to a new report published by Unesco. 

One year on from the power-sharing deal between Zanu PF and the MDC, Newsnight's Sue Lloyd-Roberts travels to Zimbabwe to see how the country is faring and witnesses a yawning gap between rich and poor.

The gap between rich and poor in the UK is wider now than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned report says.

I still remember the Bangla sentence that I had learnt by rote in my primary school:

The European Union has agreed a deal to cut tariffs on banana imports, signalling the end of the world's longest-running trade dispute.

A group of Nigerian farmers is suing Royal Dutch Shell, claiming that the oil firm polluted their land in the Niger Delta region.

There's good and bad news from a sweeping new report on the world's water scarcity out today from McKinsey & Co., commissioned by such water-dependent companies as Coca-Cola, Nestle, SAB Miller and Syngenta, along with the World Bank/International Finance Corp.

SUSPINI, Indonesia — When all else fails, they return to the “magic water.” And take a step backward, every time.

British metals giant AMC has announced it is to suspend purchases of tin ore from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Energy giants Total and Chevron have been accused of propping up Burma's military government through their gas projects in the country.

BEING HELD at gunpoint by 30 drunk and angry militia in the middle of the night on a deserted road in one of the most dangerous war zones in the world was not our plan when we started out the day.

The gap between the rich and poor in the UK remained at a high level in 2007-8, official statistics have shown

The wide gap in life expectancies between rich and poor persists, with professionals enjoying far longer lives than their low-skilled contemporaries.