More than 100 people in South Africa are under medical observation over suspected haemorrhagic fever fears.

Fears are being raised about the boom in sales of so-called electronic cigarettes.

Stocks tumbled around the world on Monday and opened sharply lower on Wall Street as fears grew that the financial crisis was spreading.

Darling intervenes amid fears of an exodus of savings from the UK to Ireland as a result of the guarantee

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sep 30 (IPS) - Tensions between Kurds and the Iraqi government
over disputed territory have heightened recently, raising fears
that they might lead to ethnic clashes between Kurds and Arabs at
a time when the war-torn country is slowly recovering from years
of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Arabs.

A London press agreed to publish “The Jewel of Medina” amid fears that it would offend Muslim extremists.

The headquarters of a London publisher that had agreed to publish "The Jewel of Medina" amid fears that it would offend Muslim extremists, was set on fire.

Amid fears the Euro 2012 finals were in jeopardy, UEFA has granted tentative approval for Poland and Ukraine to maintain hosting rights for what is one of world soccer's most important events.

A woman who was denied asylum in the U.S. despite her fears that she would suffer additional female genital mutilation if she was deported to her native Mali has been given a second chance.

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 26 (IPS) - Opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich fears signs
that the elections due in Belarus this Sunday will not be free
and fair. President Alexander Lukashenko's government
continues to stifle the media, he says.