Babies and children who have been stunted for lack of food are also in danger of obesity in poor countries, as junk food and sugary drinks reach every corner of the globe. Experts warn of a... Read more

Chinese football fans have burned Arsenal football shirts and called on the club to fire star player Mesut Özil after he publicly criticised China’s treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang. On Frid... Read more

Plans to shift Europe’s coal plants, including the giant Drax complex in North Yorkshire, to burn wood pellets instead could accelerate rather than combat climate crisis and lay waste to for... Read more

Goldman Sachs has ruled out future financing of oil drilling or exploration in the Arctic and said it would not invest in new thermal coal mines anywhere in the world. The new environmental... Read more

Sometimes en masse, sometimes alone they keep on arriving: in rickety boats carrying men, women and children looking for a freedom they hope Europe will offer. Despite winter’s limited dayli... Read more

More than 600 French hospital doctors have threatened to resign if the government does not increase health funding, as striking medics prepare to take to the streets this week across the cou... Read more

Australia has a “massive adaptive program” ahead to prepare for future protracted bushfires and subsequent air pollution, a professor of pyrogeography and fire science has warned, urging pol... Read more

Libya’s UN-recognized government is held hostage by “armed and terrorist militias” in the capital, Tripoli, Egypt’s leader said on Sunday. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in televised co... Read more

A supporter of Iraqi anti-government demonstrators was gunned down in Baghdad, a police source said on Sunday, the fourth backer of the protest movement to be killed in two weeks. Mohammed a... Read more

Thousands of Lebanese protesters defiantly returned on Sunday to rally outside parliament in Beirut, hours after security forces chased them out, using tear gas and rubber bullets and injuri... Read more

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has again postponed the parliamentary consultations on the new prime minister until Thursday at the request of Saad Hariri, the leading candidate for the role... Read more

Mohamed Abdel Ghaffar Security and stability are key factors for any ruling regime in countries seeking progress to lure investment inflows. These two factors should be accomplished to achie... Read more