Dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die every year from flooding caused by rivers and sewage systems becoming blocked by plastic rubbish. The government has now banned the manufacturing and

Kathmandu, Nepal - The Nepal government's nationwide crackdown on a Maoist splinter group has raised fears of violence more than 10 years after the end of an armed communist rebellion. Up to 100 leaders

The Nobel Prize in Physics will be shared by Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland for their work in the field of laser physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced.  One

(CNN)The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years, and for only the third time in its history.Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, was awarded the

Beth Ford's first job paid $2 an hour. Early in the morning, she climbed on the school bus to go detassel corn, joining other kids in Sioux City, Iowa, who did it as a

TRIPOLI: Libya has closed the only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli again after rockets were fired in its direction, officials said on Tuesday, days after flights had resumed following an earlier shutdown.Mitiga airport,

JERUSALEM: Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights following a four-year absence, the army said. Defense Minister Avigdor

The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, from 844, the national disaster agency said on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach affected areas due to

Emergency workers in Indonesia have rescued a man trapped under rubble since Friday's earthquake. He was found in a cavity under a building that collapsed in the six-metre-high tsunami that followed. Recovery efforts are

Namibia's president has called for a change to the country's constitution to allow the government to expropriate land and re-distribute it to the majority black population. "The willing-buyer willing-seller principle has not delivered results.