At the age of 11, Sarian Karim Kamara became a victim of FGM.

VICTIMS of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and snow blizzard are still being found by humanitarian groups and are receiving food, water and medical attention.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned weeks before the Iraq war began that the US was unprepared for running the country after the invasion, newly-released letters showed today.

The UK's Attorney General “misled” the British Government over the case for going to war with Iraq, Clare Short told the inquiry into the conflict today.

A senior British Army officer described today how he warned Tony Blair two days before the invasion of Iraq that there were insufficient preparations for dealing with the aftermath of the conflict.

Mobile phones could be given to ordinary Afghans under proposals to counter Taliban propaganda being considered by ministers, it was disclosed today.

Disaster agencies were tonight on standby after up to 500 people died in an earthquake which rocked Iran.

British rescuers have pulled a seventh survivor from the rubble of the Indian earthquake five days after the disaster which it is feared could claim 100,000 lives.