AMMAN – Jordan signed an agreement with Russia on Tuesday worth $10 billion that sets the legal basis for building the kingdom’s first nuclear power plant with a total capacity of 2,000 megawatts.

Farms, roads and towns are fast slicing up the world's wilderness, leaving 70 per cent of the world's remaining forested land less than one km from a forest edge, a US-led study showed.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Japan and Russia of "bilateral cooperation in disaster management" during bilateral meetings at the 3rd UN World Conference on disaster risk reduction, an of

Hungary's 10 billion euro (7 billion pounds) plan to expand its Soviet-era Paks nuclear power plant in a deal with Russia has hit an objection in the European Commission that may oblige Budapest to

Russian scientists have now discovered seven giant craters in remote Siberia, a geologist told AFP on Thursday, adding that the mysterious phenomenon was believed to be linked to climate change.

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have shown interest in giving sites for Russian atomic power reactors after protests made it impossible to have these plants at the initially-allocated site of Haripur

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave approval for establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).

EU policymakers on Wednesday unveiled plans to ensure the free flow of gas and power to every corner of the 28-member bloc, hailing it as the biggest energy shake-up for more than half a century.