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Recent media attention has drawn global focus on an escalating number of Iranian schoolgirls falling ill over the past few months because of suspected chemical attacks. Accounts differ, but many reports cite more than 1,000 cases of poisoning at schools across Iran. At least 58 schools in ten provinces across…

Experts fear the return of a vicious and bloody cycle of militancy as two terrorist assaults within weeks claim more than 100 lives in a country grappling with economic meltdown.

Tom Cruise lived up to his billing as the "last true movie star" as nearly 200 of this year's Oscar nominees gathered to celebrate -- and size up their competition -- at the Academy's boozy annual luncheon Monday. In a room packed with A-listers such as Steven Spielberg and Cate…

There are 222 million crisis-affected children worldwide who need our support, says Gordon Brown, chairman of the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund

‘The shirts have been a bit creased, so here goes’ Matt said

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur "genius" grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup kitchen in Peru.

Simone Ashley was already a working actor with credits including “Broadchurch” and “Sex Education” when she won the role of Kate Sharma, a fiercely independent woman who wins the heart of Anthony Bridgerton in its second season

Authors as radically different as Julia Donaldson, John Rawls and Ayn Rand can make us appreciate the value of freedom, and the terrible jeopardy of losing it

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Loki by Melvin Burgess and The Dazzle Of The Light by Georgina Clarke.

The 25-year-old Pakistani activist accused world leaders of going “silent” as she addressed the Action for Afghanistan rally on Sunday.

The hard fact is that human numbers matter – and the impact of 2-3 billion more of us will be immense, says John Vidal