More than 5,000 delegates from the Liquidified Natural Gas (LNG) sector around the world met here on Tuesday for a tri-annual conference to discuss the industry's future at a time when challenges loom large.
Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday green-lit a plan for the embattled operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in the northeast to start freezing soil around its battered reactor buildings, in a bid to reduce the massive amounts of radioactive water accumulating in the buildings.
The deaths of seven Przewalski's gazelle, a species even more endangered than the giant panda, have aroused debate over whether grassland fences should be removed completely.
A vehicle carrying gas tanks caught fire and exploded in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday night, setting a nearby factory on fire.
Around 60 percent of Venezuelans support President Nicolas Maduro's government, but they call for economic reforms, according to a latest poll.
Visitors around Mount Aso, a volcano and a tourist spot located in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwest Japan, have been ordered to evacuate from the area following the volcano eruption early Monday.
The death toll from the Tianjin warehouse explosions rose to 159 on Tuesday with 14 people still missing two weeks after the blasts, according to rescue authorities.
A truck with Hungarian license plates parked at the side of the highway to Vienna early Thursday morning was discovered to have dozens of dead bodies inside, Austrian police said on Thursday.
An aid project of the American Red Cross (ARC) in Haiti only provided unfinished houses with zinc roofs, and residents have to pay around 500 U.S dollars for a roof made of concrete.
Australia's attorney-general admitted on Friday that "smart criminals" might be able to evade the country's new data retention laws passed in the Senate on Thursday night.
Forty one persons, including nine children, drowned and several others were still missing in a ferry accident in the river Padma in western Manikganj on Sunday, officials confirmed.
The bomb alert of the European Parliament (EP) building was lifted after investigation on Monday, according to the Belgian Police.
Yemen is on the brink of a real economic disaster after the Shiite Houthi group tightened its grip on power and the government was paralysed by years of political struggle since the 2011 upheaval, analysts said Wednesday.
News Analysis: Yemen on brink of economic disaster as crisis escalates
The White House said Monday that precautions have been taken at U.S. facilities around the world to confront emergencies expected with the release of a report on the interrogation practices by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
China hopes to put a rover on Mars around 2020, complete a manned space station around 2022 and test a heavy carrier rocket around 2030, a top space scientist revealed Sunday.
Renowned intellectuals from around the world have joined an international outcry, demanding justice in the case of 43 students missing since late September in Mexico, local media reported Wednesday.
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