Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas reflects on how alongside Australia's prosperity and increased affluence lie a range of simmering social issues.
50 years ago, Ruby Bridges made history as the first African-American to attend an all-white elementary school in the American South.
John Hantz is soft spoken, meticulously polite and ferociously ambitious. For his latest plan, he has to be. This multi millionaire, financial tycoon wants to turn destitute Detroit into the world's largest urban farm.
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About eight people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
The nomination of Elena Kagan to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court means, if she is confirmed, all of the justices will have been at either Harvard or Yale law schools. But why should two educational bodies provide all of the
The man accused of attempting to bomb New York's Times Square appears in court for the first time since his arrest.
Some 90% of gay men in the Asia-Pacific region lose access to HIV/Aids help because of discriminatory laws, a UN-backed report says.
New rules to allow planes to fly at higher ash densities for a limited time will be introduced at midday on Tuesday, the CAA says.
The political fallout from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is already becoming apparent, the BBC's Paul Adams in Louisiana finds.
The fantastical story of JM Barrie's first celebrity cricket team
Images from the flooding that has submerged parts of the historic Tennessee city of Nashville.
Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
Hugh Schofield reports on a sex scandal that has been casting a shadow over several of France's top footballers.
A Taipei-Shanghai flight makes an emergency landing after a passenger jokingly claims he has a bomb on board, officials say.
A court convicts 26 men accused of working for Hezbollah of planning terrorist attacks on ships and tourist sites.
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sees quarterly profits jump by nearly 50% thanks to higher oil prices and expansion in its business.
Bangladeshi film industry representatives say they have forced the government to retain a ban on cinemas showing Indian films.
US Treasury Secretary Geithner calls on the IMF, the EU and the Greek government to act fast to tackle Greece's debt crisis.
