A 14-year-old Dutch sailor has departed in secrecy from Gibraltar on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world - avoiding the media because, her manager said, she did not want the attention. Laura Dekker was in good spirits...

Zambia’s ruling party has accused the Netherlands of financing the main opposition party, a charge that threatens to raise tensions with donors who froze funding for AIDS and other health programmes last year amid concerns about...

When the human body kicks into high gear, the brain can run on recycled, alternative energy to make the whole system more efficient, scientists have discovered.