The world must work together as never before to deal with the global economic crisis, the president of the European Commission warned today.

The Olympic torch relay was hit by demonstrations by Tibet campaigners as it made its way through a snowy London today.

A leading Chinese civil rights activist was jailed today bringing international criticism of the country ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

THE International Olympic Committee says history will prove it was right to award the 2008 Games to Beijing despite concerns over human rights in China.

A Russian investigative journalist shot dead last year, a Sudanese human rights lawyer and two prominent Chinese human rights activists have been shortlisted for the European Union's human rights award for 2007, officials said today.