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India on Friday threatened to drag the European Union to the World Trade Organization over its ban on mango imports.

• 04 мая 2014, 10:18

Singaporeans are defying a ban on electronic cigarettes despite stiff fines for distributors and smugglers, health authorities said.

• 26 апреля 2014, 10:51

The Gambia has banned flights from Ebola-hit west African countries from landing in its territory, airport officials told AFP.

• 16 апреля 2014, 21:38

Japan on Tuesday lifted a self-imposed ban on weapons exports, introducing new rules covering the arms trade in a move supporters say will boost Tokyo's global role, but which could unnerve China.

• 01 апреля 2014, 12:59

Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday hailed a landmark court decision that Japan must halt an annual Antarctic whale hunt, despite fears it may try to sidestep the order.

• 01 апреля 2014, 11:15

Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.

• 28 марта 2014, 11:00

Turkey banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria.

• 28 марта 2014, 10:31

The United States announced Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

• 14 марта 2014, 10:49

Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro, where plastic surgery is all the rage, have approved draft legislation banning cosmetic surgery for dogs and cats.

• 13 марта 2014, 16:46

Malaysia has banned a translation of an Ultraman comic book after it referred to the popular Japanese superhero as "Allah", authorities said Friday, during an ongoing row over use of the word by non-Muslims.

• 08 марта 2014, 12:55

Turkey's embattled prime minister has warned that his government could ban social media networks YouTube and Facebook after a raft of online leaks added momentum to a spiralling corruption scandal.

• 07 марта 2014, 15:22

The ban has become widely known as a ‘ridiculous lace undies ban’, a ‘lacist’ policy and, the smartest version, a ‘non-tariff regulation’. But what is the policy really about? What exactly is banned from being imported to Kazakhstan?

• 06 марта 2014, 03:49

Los Angeles lawmakers voted to ban e-cigarette use in public places where tobacco smoking is prohibited, including work places, restaurants and bars.

• 05 марта 2014, 18:07

The United States has banned representatives of Rosselkhoznadzor from participating in the negotiations on adjusting the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Measures in the context of Kazakhstan's accession into the WTO.

• 05 марта 2014, 10:40

Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins, saying the virtual currency is not legal tender in the communist nation.

• 28 февраля 2014, 14:32

US regulators on Friday banned four types of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, marking the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever oversight action against a tobacco product.

• 23 февраля 2014, 18:44

Farmers and hunters in Sweden are crying foul over a wolf hunt ban which they say threatens their way of life and may lead to civil disobedience.

• 15 февраля 2014, 14:43

The International Olympic Committee Tuesday reinstated India, allowing its athletes to compete under their own flag in Sochi.

• 11 февраля 2014, 15:24

US authorities announced a temporary ban Thursday on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-ons aboard Russia-bound flights.

• 07 февраля 2014, 14:49

The Airport of Almaty is loosing $4.5 million annually because of the ban on foreign charter flights from Kazakhstan.

• 20 января 2014, 19:36