Universal access to global agriculture data will improve food security policies, say campaigners.

Three miners who have been trapped in an abandoned gold mine in the South African city of Johannesburg since Wednesday have emerged alive.

Norilsk Nickel said the river discolouration posed no danger to people or wildlife

Protesters in the southern Indian city of Bangalore in Karnataka state have attacked shops and set fire to vehicles in a long-running dispute about water.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured 203 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say.

An Olympic-style delivery agency could ensure the costs of implementing CCS are kept to a minimum, says the report

More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers have launched a massive class action in Australia's federal court demanding compensation for the effects of Australia's worst oil spill.

The Himalayas look idyllic from a distance but communities living in their shadow fear flash floods

Spanish firefighters are battling a huge forest blaze on the Costa Blanca that has forced the evacuation of thousands of people including tourists.

A huge storm bearing down on the Pacific coast of Mexico has strengthened to a hurricane just hours before it is due to make landfall.