UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, warned that 700 children have been killed in Iraq – including those killed in summary executions – and more than 500 in Gaza since the beginning of the year. Zerrougui also noted ...

Surging levels of carbon dioxide sent greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to a new record in 2013, while oceans, which absorb the emissions, have become more acidic, the UN said on Tuesday. Smoke rises from chimneys of a factory in Haubourdin, ...

September 9, 2014: Indian army soldiers build a temporary bridge across the Tawi River after the existing bridge was damaged in the floods on the outskirts of Jammu, India. The flash floods, which began on Sept. 3, have killed hundreds, put more than half a ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 as increasing levels of man-made pollution transform the planet, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday. The heat-trapping gas blamed for the largest share of global warming rose to ...

A Nobel Prize winning economist has warned Scots to be “afraid, be very afraid” if Scotland goes independent, claiming voters have been “badly misled” by Alex Salmond's rhetoric on Scottish currency post-independence. In an opinion piece in The New York ...

The Hague: The ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH 17 plane was hit by numerous high-energy objects that “pierced the plane at high speed”, a preliminary report released by Dutch experts state on Tuesday. The report further states that there was no human or ...

Apple to launch big-screen iPhones and iWatch today A mystery event set in San Francisco has pumped up expectations for Apple to unveil a stunning newdevice to its line-up of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers. Agence-France Presse | San ...

Cricket's governing body has banned number-one-ranked bowler Saeed Ajmal from bowling in international matches, after his action was found to be illegal. The 36-year-old player has been accused of chucking before. Saeed Ajmal. Cricket's governing body ...

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at its fastest rate in 30 years last year amid signs the world's oceans and forests might not be storing the planet-warming gas as readily as they have in the past. The rise in emissions of carbon dioxide, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- You might have heard something about an Apple iPhone event Tuesday. Here's the skinny: 1. Apple is hosting an event that starts at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1 p.m Eastern, on Tuesday Sept. 9 at the Flint Performing Arts Center in Cupertino, ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its planes had not approached a Canadian frigate on a Nato mission in the Black Sea in an incident Ottawa denounced as "unnecessarily provocative". Moscow said the Sukhoi Su-24 ...

1. That's a picture of some straws, sent to me by a Scottish nationalist who thought I was clutching at them. Well, after today's TNS poll, showing Yes and No tied on 50 per cent, I no longer am. My analysis is here. I can still hardly believe it, but I think Scotland ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Sixty thousand people vied to attend the unveiling of Amazon's first smartphone in late June. If only the retailer could persuade those fans — or anyone, really — to actually buy the device. The Amazon Fire is threatening to become the ...

The UN representative is horrified by disregard to children's lives shown by the Islamic State and other extremist groups which are using children as suicide bombers. “I remain deeply concerned over recent reports of ISIS targeting minorities, including ...

The UN representative is horrified by disregard to children's lives shown by the Islamic State and other extremist groups which are using children as suicide bombers. “I remain deeply concerned over recent reports of ISIS targeting minorities, including ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Arab foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia Wednesday as he bids for a broad coalition against the Islamic State, a senior Egyptian foreign ministry official said. PHOTOS. File photo: US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Jammu, Sep 9: Nearly 1,500 trucks carrying essential supplies to Kashmir were Tuesday stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as sections of the road were washed away in the flash floods, cutting off the Valley from the rest of the country.

New Delhi: Prince William is an elated man as his wife- Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is expecting their second child. The Clarence House had shared the news on Twitter on Monday. Expressing himself, the Duke of Cambridge said, “she is ...

One of the New Patriotic Party (NPP's) flagbearer hopeful, Francis Addai Nimo has told Citi News, his vision to lead the party in the 2016 presidential election has not changed. The NPP, as part of its constitutional requirements held a Super Delegates ...

Cairo: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Arab foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia Wednesday as he bids for a broad coalition against the Islamic State, a senior Egyptian foreign ministry official said. The talks in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, which will ...