Malaysia working to clear hundreds of plastic waste shipments at ports: officials
Malaysia is negotiating with countries sending their plastic waste to the Southeast Asian nation to take back the trash and is waiving storage fees to...
Plane carrying UK’s William and Kate twice aborts Pakistan landing in severe turbulence
Britain’s Prince William said he and his wife Kate were fine after a Royal Air Force plane carrying the royal couple was forced to abort...
Plane carrying UK’s William and Kate aborts Pakistan landing twice, couple ‘fine’
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate told reporters on board their flight on Thursday that they were fine, after the plane was forced to...
Prince William and Kate see impact of climate change at Pakistan glacier
Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday visited a melting glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range not far from Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan,...
Baby sea lions rescued and released in Peru
Six rescued sea lions were released into the Pacific Ocean off Peru on Wednesday, after they were successfully rehabilitated for living in the wild....
EU criticizes ‘unlevel playing field’ in Mozambique election
A European Union observer mission to Mozambique’s election raised the alarm on Thursday over unfair conditions and unjustified use of state resources by the ruling...
Ecuador’s indigenous re-assert influence but face obstacles to power
Ecuador’s indigenous leaders, emboldened by their success in derailing IMF-backed fuel-subsidy cuts, have set their sights on high office, but experts say they face formidable...
Afghanistan suffers record 4,300 civilian casualties in three months: U.N.
A record 4,313 civilians were injured or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Islamist Taliban between July and September, the United Nations said on Thursday....
Burundi arrests dozens in currency market crackdown
More than 40 people have been arrested in Burundi since the penalties for black market trading were increased last month, the ministry of public security...
Italy retrieves seven bodies from October 7 migrant shipwreck
Italy has recovered the bodies of a child and six other people from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, more than a week after a...