Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs, according to a study set to be released Monday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of polio is an international public health emergency.

The Middle East's driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers' livelihoods blighted, U.N. experts and climatologists say.

India has been ranked 94, while Pakistan, improving on its last year's status by 12 places has been scored 127

India has been reportedly ranked lower in corruption than neighbouring Pakistan in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2013.

India will assist war-ravaged Iraq to put in place an effective water management system and train its engineers and experts in the field.

A new task force to focus on the impact of energy on security and to examine ways of preventing energy-related conflict has been launched by the International Peace Institute (IPI).

Bangalore ranks better than New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata amongst Indian cities in overall global quality of living index, according to a Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey.

Iraqi authorities said a cholera outbreak that killed four people had been controlled, blaming contaminated water in a country still struggling with dilapidated infrastructure.