World Water Forum - Shallow talk

The Third World Water Forum took place recently in Japan to explore methods to optimally harness this vital resource, especially in developing …

Double crime

In court

Iraq's favourable harvest of little help in warding off food security threat

Two administrative divisions, most affected in the current conflict, on average contribute nearly a third of Iraq’s wheat production and …

Hands off Alaska

The US, it is widely believed, can go to great lengths to lay its hands on oil -- whether this means having to unleash a full-fledged war on …

Suicide rate in US army is rising every year

American journalist Dahr Jamail has written two books on the fallout of the US occupation in Iraq. In an interview over Skype Jamail told Moyna …

With about 50 countries voting, 2014 could be world’s most democratic year

Lok Sabha Election 2014 in India is seen as the world’s biggest democratic exercise with more than 814 million people eligible to vote

April 2014 is world’s most democratic month

Citizens of about 50 countries will be voting this year to choose their leaders or governments

Iraq’s orange sky is a red flag. Here’s why

Experts link the frequent, intense dust storms in Iraq with climate change

The real maths of the world

Iraqi Forces pushed IS fighters back from Haditha Dam

Water has increasingly been used as weapon of war in Iraq and other countries of west Asia

Why control of Mosul dam in Iraq means life or death for nearly two million people

The dam had reportedly been seized by Islamic State militants on August 7

Requiem for the world we know

Germs of terror

As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality

Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report

At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …

Depleted uranium in Bosnia's water

Iraq needs US $38.5 million aid to avert collapse of agriculture sector: FAO

Many of Iraq's water resources, including two great rivers—Tigris and Euphrates—flows through areas that are under IS militants’…

In short

Yellow River has lost one-third of its fish

News 360° - Briefs

Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many

Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …

Why the US is such a bully

US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …

Beyond oil

Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better

High and dry

India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market

The Caspian affair

The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas