The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Last week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, more than 150 nautical miles inside Australia’s exclusive economic zone.

Here are some documented truths about the federal Child Tax Credit:

The daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is promising a new era of social equality, saying if her party is elected to power in next year’s election it will bring an end to poverty in the Southeast Asian nation

An inquiry into poverty in Australia has heard calls to increase social security payments to help meet the rising cost of living.

A local teacher said: "How can energy companies justify their profits trebling while we freeze?"

One campaigner claims that putting vulnerable people onto a pre-payment meter is a like disconnecting their power.

As chinook numbers migrating to Canada fall 95% to record lows, communities are resorting to importing fish to keep their traditions alive

Rising food and energy prices are being felt across Europe. In the first part of a new series, we look at the impacts on daily life

Syria's grinding conflict has already uprooted Ahmed Yassin and his family several times, but now they fear a threatened Turkish offensive will force them to flee the muddy camp they call home. The 34-year-old, his wife and two children live in Sandaf in Syria's Aleppo province -- just south of…