Jamie Oliver is taking his food campaigns to a global level by urging the secretary general of the United Nations to help end the world obesity crisis.

The Air Corps has evacuated seven Irish citizens from Libya as tensions over Colonel Gaddafi's rule heighten.

A COUPLE of weeks ago we noticed that there was a very unfortunate metaphor being trotted around by political pundits as Fine Gael was convulsed by a leadership challenge.

Campaigners tonight urged countries to name and shame the US for its “blatant attempts to derail” the negotiations for an international deal on climate change.

An emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council is being called to discuss the Burma crisis.