Tragedy comes days after prime minister changed refugee policy so that people who arrive by boat will no longer be allowed to settle there

It does not mean we would enjoy being raped, or that we deserve to be raped. Let's not teach teenagers that Planet Porn is inextricable from the Real World

The Philippine president Benigno Aquino III said on Monday that three years of anti-corruption reforms have banished his country's image as the “sick man of Asia” but added he has lost patience over continuing problems such as large-scale smuggling and declared a tougher crackdown against wrongdoing in government.

Hundreds have died making the journey from Indonesia to Christmas Island and the Australian mainland in recent years

Kevin Rudd signals tougher measures to stop illegal immigrants feigning refugee status

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs ridiculed suggestions that its supply is linked to terrorist groups

Galicia, in Spain, is both one of the most remote of Western Europe's regions, and cosmopolitan, with its economic emigrants sending news across the oceans.

The Sun's chief foreign correspondent and a prison officer will be charged over alleged payments to public officials, prosecutors said today.

Alastair Beach meets Charles Ferndale, the convicted  drug-smuggler imprisoned  on the banks of the Nile

Willie Smith Ward had five previous felonies and four convictions for misdemeanours

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has unveiled his latest work, a map of China made from baby formula tins, in response to fears surrounding milk safety in China.

Three women have been arrested after attempting to smuggle drugs on to a Caribbean island while disguised as nuns.

EU prosecutors to  investigate if key government figures were involved

Department of Health civil servants met lobbyists from the cigarette manufacturer Imperial Tobacco before the Government shelved proposals to introduce plain packaging laws this week, it can be revealed.