UNITED NATIONS

Although honor killings are typically associated with Muslim countries like Turkey, Iraq and especially Pakistan, the practice has nothing to do with Islam.

A study released by the Ministry of Health revealed today that approximately one of three new HIV infections in China are found in homosexual men. HIV was present in almost 20 percent of men in some south-western cities on the mainland, indicating that HIV and poverty living in a big city are positively related.

An organized attack in Guatemala City has claimed the life of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral, who died early Saturday after unknown assailants in vehicles attacked the car he was riding in together with concert promoter Henry Farina as they traveled from his hotel to the airport, police said, according to La Prensa Libre.

Facundo Cabral, one of the most popular folk singers in Latin America, has been shot to death by gunmen in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Whereas Casey Anthony’s guilt remains debatable (most people seem to believe she killed her child), there is no doubt that life in India for infant girls (as well as fetuses) involves extremely high risk.

On Saturday, South Sudan will become the world's newest nation. But to make sure the festivities are peaceful, the U.N. has sent 8,000 peacekeepers into the African country.

One of the most frightening aspects of life in India is the wholesale disregard many people have for baby girls – literally millions have been murdered, often by their own parents.

Egyptians are protesting military trials this week, with the largest protest slated to erupt Friday.

amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.

The U.N. court has ruled that The Netherlands are responsible for the deaths of at least three people in the 1995 Srebenica Massacre

Christine Lagarde, the IMF's new chief, pledged on Wednesday to push ahead with reforms to give fast-growing emerging markets greater sway at the global lender.

The Obama Administration has asked the state of Texas to refrain from executing a Mexican national who was convicted of raping and murdering a Texas teenaged girl.

Anne Sinclair, wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is excited that the rape case against her husband is falling apart, and she is apparently seeking revenge.

Around 10 million people total in the Horn of Africa will need food aid as a result of a massive drought.

The hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued the New York Post and five of its journalists for libel on Tuesday for reporting that she was a prostitute.

Attorneys for the maid who accused former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape sued the New York Post and four of its reporters for libel Tuesday.

Russia is slated to support Palestine in its bid for recognition as a member state at the United Nations, according to one Palestinian official.

Speaking at a Delhi conference on HIV and AIDS attended by many top officials, India’s health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad described homosexuality as a disease which has come from other countries, and gay sex as unnatural.

Prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at his next court appearance in two weeks, or earlier, because of doubts about the credibility of the alleged victim, the New York Post said Tuesday.

Ireland's finance minister signaled on Monday that the government would make a larger budgetary adjustment of 4 billion euros ($5.8 billion) in 2012 despite being confident of meeting this year's fiscal goals under an EU-IMF bailout.

Beijing solidified a business partnership with Zimbabwe last week that unionists say is responsible for abusive work environments across the southern African nation.