The media have reported the hearings into the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor as a soap opera starring such celebrities as Naomi Campbell and Mia Farrow.

THE release of more than 92,000 classified documents relating to the war in Afghanistan by the muckraking Web site WikiLeaks has left the US administration and its war partners trying to defend the in

Riaz Ahmed assesses the implications of the West's failure in Afghanistan for Pakistan

June has been the deadliest month for US and British troops in Afghanistan since the invasion began nine years ago.

The economic crisis is accelerating across Europe, but so is the fightback as workers in Greece, France and Italy take action, writes Matthew Cookson

The Chinese working class is on the move. Richard Seymour of Lenins Tomb blog writes.

Haneen Zoubi is a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel who is a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party. She particpated in the Gaza flotilla.

More than 20 female workers were detained after police attempted to break up a two-week-long strike at a former state-owned cotton mill in Pingdingshan, Henan.

The Sudanese security forces on Wednesday rounded doctors protesting the arrest of several of their leaders who have spearheaded a call for strike over demand for better pay and working con

Foxconn, the giant Chinese manufacturer,which makes Ipods is forcing its staff to “sign a pledge that they would seek medical help if they were ever overcome by suicidal thoughts”.