The BBC has uncovered disturbing evidence of the use of torture by the Russian security forces.

Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay without charge for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge has ruled.

As the threat of piracy grows off the coast of east Africa, Christian Fraser joined a convoy travelling under protection from warships.

A new EU online library project offers art, literature, cinema and music from over 2,000 years of European civilisation.

Richard Bilton looks at the Brazilian sugarcane industry that produces biofuel

The Greek government has promised to release almost half the country's prison population to help ease overcrowding.