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UNESCO adds Kazakhstani site to list of biosphere reserves A Kazakhstani site has been added to the UNESCO list of protected biosphere nature reserves.

24 March 2016

Ruling party seals expected victory in Kazakhstan vote Nur Otan, the ruling party of energy-rich Kazakhstan, secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.

24 March 2016

Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs -- to the United States.

18 March 2016

Woman who 'taught France to cook' swept away by Irish food Did you hear the one about the Irishwoman who taught the French how to cook?

17 March 2016

Google computer wins final game against S. Korean Go master A Google-developed computer programme won the machine vs human challenge against South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol.

15 March 2016

Pope Francis approves sainthood for Mother Teresa Pope Francis approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute.

15 March 2016

Car bomb kills driver in central Berlin A car bomb killed a driver travelling down a street in central Berlin on Tuesday; investigators suspected that it was a case of homicide.

15 March 2016

Moscow begins withdrawal of military equipment from Syria Russia has begun to withdraw military equipment from Syria, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

15 March 2016

Central Asia strongman regimes challenged by stuttering economy Now authorities across ex-Soviet Central Asia are facing an unexpected legitimacy test as falling oil prices and Russia's recession.

14 March 2016

Please forgive me? Egypt customs deface Bryan Adams' guitar A run-in with customs at Cairo airport has left Grammy Award winning rock musician Bryan Adams fuming, after a border agent scrawled a number on the Canadian's prize guitar in paint marker.

11 March 2016

In US gun control, not all laws are equal Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by 90 percent through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers.

11 March 2016

Rising seas swamp Marshall Islands Residents in low-lying areas of the Marshall Islands are braced for flooding underscoring the islands' vulnerability to climate change.

11 March 2016

'Project Fear' stalks Britain's EU referendum campaign Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of unleashing Project Fear to try and keep Britain in the EU at a June referendum.

11 March 2016

Obama hits out at Cameron, Sarkozy over Libya intervention British leader David Cameron got "distracted" and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to promote his country during the 2011 military intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama said.

11 March 2016

New Zealand bans 'zero hour' contracts New Zealand has passed legislation banning 'zero hour' contractsto end the use of deals criticised as exploitative.

11 March 2016

Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channel Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK's Sky News.

10 March 2016

New 'Drowned Apostles' at popular Australia tourist site Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.

10 March 2016

The fairytale rise of singer Gavin James 'In Ireland everything happens in pubs,' says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter.

10 March 2016

US warns of 'catastrophic' Mosul dam collapse The United States urges governments to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions from the collapse of Iraq's Mosul dam.

10 March 2016

Weakest return for Norway sovereign wealth fund since 2011 The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's public pension fund, posted a 2.7-percent return in 2015 owing to real estate and the global stock market recovery.

09 March 2016

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