Baghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have met again in Iraq, several local sources said Wednesday, as talks aiming to ease tensions have continued under Iran's ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi.
Paris (AFP) Sept 21, 2020 - The richest one percent of people are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the world's population - 3.1 billion people - new research showed Monday.
Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 - Environment ministers from some 50 countries gather in DR Congo on Monday for the pre-COP27 climate talks, with rich countries expected to come under pressure to contribute more to fight global warming.
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2023 - Rich and developing nations alike must sharply improve their net-zero targets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, warning that a clean energy surge was the main reason the world's climate goals are still within reach.
Monaco (AFP) Sept 14, 2010 - A scheme floated here at an annual meeting of giants in the insurance industry could come up with a 20-billion-dollar insurance payout if an oil rig blows up, kills people and spreads pollution.
Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 - The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and collapsed buildings.
Oslo (AFP) Sept 13, 2015 - Norway and Sweden are locked in a tug-of-war over dozens of lorries that cross the border each day carrying loads of precious cargo: garbage.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - A veteran Greenpeace campaigner who was the captain of the ship Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed and sunk by French secret services in New Zealand in 1985 is among the activists detained by Russia for a protest in the Arctic.
The Hague (AFP) Sept 29, 2023 - Residents near Europe's biggest gas field, shaken by decades of earthquakes, voiced relief it would be shut down Sunday although experts warned the tremors could continue to haunt them for years.
Doha (AFP) Sept 1, 2009 - State-owned firm Qatar Petroleum (QP) said it has signed a gas exploration and production-sharing deal with CNOOC Middle East, a unit of China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC).
Vientiane (AFP) Sept 7, 2016 - The Philippines accused China Wednesday of secretly preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, a tiny and remote outpost in a contested area of the South China Sea.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 - Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Slovakia's Moscow-friendly prime minister Tuesday for the country's independent position, and suggested Bratislava cuts off gas supplies to Ukraine during a meeting in China.
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Sept 2, 2016 - Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview published Friday urged compromise to find agreement on an oil production freeze to combat a global supply glut.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - The pumping of crude oil along a pipeline connecting Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan has been suspended because of technical problems, energy officials said on Thursday.
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007 - The BBC has dropped plans to hold a day of programming highlighting the threat from climate change, it said Thursday, in a move which has drawn sharp criticism from environmental groups.
Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2021 - From agriculture to housing to transportation, economic growth has historically depended on burning through finite natural resources and rearranging natural landscapes.
