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US President Barack Obama may have hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, but the seven-year war has left an indelible mark on many ordinary people who are still traumatized by the horrific things they experienced.

A surplus production of maize, Malawi's staple food, will not prevent at least one million people from being food insecure, a forecast that has not pleased President Bingu wa Mutharika.

US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Without urgent global assistance to save the upcoming wheat-planting season in Pakistan, the food security of millions in the flood-hit nation is at risk, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

Having travelled five continents and collected peace commitment from 152 presidents and world leaders, and after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the bell of world love and peace again returns to Australia with "Cultural Goodwill Group for Love and Peace of the World " for the 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Annual Conference in Melbourne. On August 29 the opening speaker of the 63rd Annual Conference, Michel Sidibe, the Republic of Sierra Leone ambassador to the UN, the president of the International Health Awareness Network, Dr.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today nominated a former mayor of Barcelona as the next head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting environmentally and socially sustainable cities and towns.

The top US commander in Iraq has said the US might have to return to Iraq if there is a failure by Iraqi security forces to control violence in the country.

People in China and North Korea have been trying to escape the rising waters of the Yalu River, which has risen quickly due to torrential rains.

The southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan is struggling to cope with an influx of flood displaced people from neighbouring Sindh Province, despite a growing number of camps.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sat down with Russian President Medvedev at the Russian president's summer residence near the Black Sea to talk about help for Afghanistan.