The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is USD 8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world's GDP, an environmental research group has said.

Four people survived a month adrift in the Pacific by eating coconuts and drinking rainwater in an ordeal that claimed the lives of eight of their companions, including a baby, reports said today.

Bernie Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, solidifying his front-runner status in the nominating race and dealing a setback to moderate rival Joe Biden, who appeared likely to finish a disappointing fifth.

More than 100 US troops sustained “mild” traumatic brain injury, far more than originally announced, when Iran launched missiles at

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will shake up his top team tomorrow in his first cabinet reshuffle since taking Britain out of the European

US Democrats braced for a volatile, consequential primary yesterday in New Hampshire as leftist Bernie Sanders and youthful challenger Pete Buttigieg fight for pole position in the race for who faces Donald Trump in November’s presidential election.

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity”.

A major spending boost is needed to bolster agriculture in the fight against hunger, poverty, and other consequences of climate change, the head of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development told AFP.

The Philippines told the US yesterday it was quitting a pact key to their historical military alliance, triggering a six-month countdown to the deal’s termination.

The coronavirus outbreak is hitting a peak in China this month and may be over by April, the government’s senior medical adviser said yesterday, in the latest assessment of an epidemic that has rattled the world.

Tensions escalated yesterday between Syria’s regime and rebel-backer Turkey as a Syrian military helicopter was shot down and Ankara warned of a “heavy price” for any attacks on its forces.

A suicide attack targeting a military academy in the Afghan capital killed at least five people early yesterday, the first major assault in the

North Korea, which has been hit by a series of UN sanctions, is illegally importing more and more oil and continues to bring in luxury

President Donald Trump will visit India, with stops in the capital New Delhi and the western state of Gujarat, from February 24-25, the

Iran yesterday taunted the United States on the 41st anniversary of the ouster of its ally the shah, as huge crowds gathered to mark the

Two more people in Singapore, including another Bangladeshi worker, have been infected with coronavirus, The Straits Times reports.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urges global unity to prevent “far more cases and far higher costs” from coronavirus disease -- now officially named COVID-19.

A new probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency set off on a blazing hot journey to the sun on Sunday (February 9) to take the first close-up look at the star's polar regions, a mission expected to yield insight into how solar radiant energy affects Earth.

Seven workers have died in a fire that erupted in a denim factory located on Narol-Pinara road of Ahmedabad.

The number of US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon has said as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month in Iraq.