North Korea shuts nuclear plant for fuel aid

In short

African Great Lakes to protect and assist regionally displaced

Indonesia scraps haze pact

New south African agreement on coastal and marine resources

China's investment in Africa suspected

Shrimp lobby bypasses US tax review

India to bypass Bangladesh on Myanmar-India gas pipeline

Arsenic attack on Chittagong

People in the port city depend on arsenic-contaminated groundwater in absence of safe water supply

Radioactive mirage

India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp up its energy production. What does it mean in terms of cost, technology …

Five southeast countries team up to fight Indonesian haze

Trade deal inked

South American energy summit agrees to set up energy council

India, Pak sign 'transperancy treaty'

Sign free treaty, Indonesia told

Bordering countries agree to protect Caspian Sea

South Asia

India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council

SOUTH ASIA

Southeast African farmers wary of EU deal

EU signs biggest fisheries deal with Mauritiana

Updates

US, Barzil agreement on biofuels

Modi’s Ganga sutra and the politics of Varanasi

River pollution and sewage are top of the agenda for all parties, but Latha Jishnu who spent several days on the campaign trail in Varanasi is …

Asia-Pacific agreement on net fishing