Can’t face the relatives? That bickering over the last mince pie? Or yet another dose of ‘EastEnders’? Then leave the house, and do something more interesting instead.

Sudan must allow a team of UN personnel into Darfur and formally accept an international force for the area by January, or face unspecified US steps next year, a US special envoy has said.

In the early 1970s, the FBI - along with anyone who listened to the things he said at the time - worked out that John Lennon harboured left-wing sympathies. But only now have the US authorities revealed the extent of the data held on the ex-Beatle.

Hugo Chavez scores two impressive landslide victories.

Anti-bribery groups have said that they will take the British government to court over its decision to drop a corruption inquiry into dealings between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems.

Marijuana is now the biggest cash crop grown in the US, exceeding traditional harvests such as wheat, corn and soy beans, says a new report.

Europe’s Muslims are facing rising “Islamophobia” ranging from violent attacks to discrimination in education, housing and jobs, a wide-ranging European Union report said on Monday.

Millionaire Labour Party donors have contradicted Tony Blair’s evidence to the police in the cash-for-honours affair - saying that they were nominated for their public service to the nation, and not for services to Labour, as claimed by the Prime Minister.

The Catholic church faces fresh allegations of turning a blind eye to paedophilia after an Observer investigation revealed that one of its priests was allowed to continue working despite warnings he posed a danger to children.

The government has bowed to privacy concerns about a new NHS computer system and conceded that patients should be allowed a veto on information about their medical history being passed from their GP to a national database.

Widely used antidepressants double the risk of suicidal behavior in young adults, from around three cases per thousand to seven cases per thousand…

A Sydney high school student has lodged a complaint with the Anti-Discrimination Board after his legal studies teacher called him a terrorist in class.

America’s stock markets typically start crumbling four months before each recession, anticipating the crunch in profits.

A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project challenges the key assumption underlying present U.S. marijuana laws: that marijuana must be prohibited for adults in order to deter teens from using it. Some findings…