Globally, 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and clean toilets. For example, 92 per cent of the population in Afghanistan don't have proper sanitation; 67 per cent in India as well. A

Following a truce between Israel and the Hizbollah, cleanup of the huge oil spill off the coast of Lebanon has begun. Around 15,000 tonnes of oil had spilled into the Mediterranean after the Jiyyeh

Aun body recently extended a ban on the export of caviar for all Caspian Sea countries except Iran. The un Convention on Inter

The un Environment Programme (unep) has said thousands of contaminated industrial and military sites left over from wars in Iraq must urgently be cleaned up to stop further harm to health and