Sands of time running out for rare Canadian desertAs desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.
25 September 2013
UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges actionUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.
Berlinale funds new project of Kazakhstan director Emir BaigazinThe Wounded Angel, a new project of Kazakhstan's film director Emir Baigazin has been selected for production and distribution funding by the international Berlinale Residency fellowship program.
Death toll in Pakistan earthquake jumps to 173: officialsThe death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck a remote part of southwestern Pakistan jumped to 173 on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue teams rushed to the area.
25 September 2013
Microsoft unveils upgraded Surface tabletsMicrosoft unveiled two new versions of its Surface tablet on Monday, renewing its efforts in mobile computing after the product's launch a year ago failed to impress consumers.
25 September 2013
New Syria dispute clouds UN assemblyRussia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.
25 September 2013
Ailing BlackBerry agrees to $4.7 billion buyoutTech pioneer BlackBerry made a last roll of the dice Monday and agreed to a probable $4.7 billion buyout by a consortium planning to take the struggling smartphone maker private.
Egypt court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activitiesAn Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow to the Islamist movement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
Nazarbayev congratulates Merkel on winning electionsKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the Christian Democratic Union in the parliamentary elections.
Christians fear fresh attacks after Pakistan church bombingA devastating double suicide attack on a church in northwest Pakistan has triggered fears among the country's beleaguered Christian community that they will be targeted in a fresh wave of Islamist violence.