BEIJING: China will spend 350bn yuan ($56bn) by 2015 to curb air pollution in major cities, the environmental watchdog said yesterday. Local governments...
BEIJING: China will spend 350bn yuan ($56bn) by 2015 to curb air pollution in major cities, the environmental watchdog said yesterday. Local governments...
TOKYO: Japan may backpedal on its pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter, an official said yesterday, dealing a further blow...
BANGKOK: Thailand’s revered king called for unity and stability in the divided nation yesterday as huge crowds of adoring, flag-waving citizens packed Bangkok...
SINGAPORE: Indonesia yesterday approved a rainforest conservation project that sets aside an area roughly the size of Singapore and rewards investors with tradable...
A Boeing 737-600 Scandinavian Airlines plane is de-iced at a gate at terminal 5 at Arland airport in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday. Only one...
BELGRADE: Serbia’s ambassador to Nato committed suicide by jumping from a multi-storey car park at Brussels airport on Tuesday, local media reported. Serbia’s...
WASHINGTON: Businesses and Senate Republicans forced a courtroom showdown with President Barack Obama yesterday, asking a federal appeals court to invalidate his surprise...
MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday respect for human rights was declining in the European Union, as part of a campaign to turn the tables...
BERLIN: Greece has scored the worst ranking of all 27 European Union nations in a global league table of perceived official corruption, falling...
BERLIN: Germany took a step towards banning the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) yesterday when politicians formally recommended going ahead with hotly disputed...
People take pictures of crib figurines depicting Britain’s Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate in a shop of Via San Gregorio Armeno...
NEW YORK: On the same day one of its new Dreamliners made an emergency landing because of a mechanical problem, Boeing said US...
Buildings damaged by missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet, at Ain Terma area in Ghouta, east of Damascus, yesterday. BEIRUT/BRUSSELS:...
GAZA: Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal will make his first visit to the Gaza Strip tomorrow to attend the Palestinian Islamist group’s 25th anniversary...
TEHRAN: Five people were killed yesterday and at least a dozen injured in a moderate earthquake that struck eastern Iran near the Afghan...
A crane completes a section of Israel’s controversial separation barrier near Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp yesterday. RAMALLAH: The Palestinians yesterday reacted furiously after...
CAIRO: Three members of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi’s advisory team said yesterday they had resigned over the crisis ignited by a decree that...
TRIPOLI: Almost 200 Libyan prisoners have escaped from a jail in the southern town of Sabha in unclear circumstances, officials said yesterday. “One...