Climate change is increasing global hunger, with some countries worse off today than a decade ago, a new study shows.

Security concerns deepened in the capital of Central African Republic after the US ambassador and other diplomats were evacuated by plane overnight amid fears rebels could try to take the capital.

The president of Central African Republic urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital city, but French officials declined to offer any military assistance.

A Sudanese woman who came to Northern Ireland to give birth died of massive internal bleeding during an emergency caesarean section, a Belfast inquest heard today.

DEPOSED Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide spoke on Central African Republic state radio soon after landing in the capital, Bangui.