A chairman has been appointed to an independent review into the science published by the research unit at the centre of the Climategate row. Lord Oxburgh is a former chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology...
Wolfgang Wagner, former director of the Bayreuth Festival and the grandson of composer Richard Wagner, has died aged 90 in Germany. A statement on the festival's website said that Wagner died on Sunday, but did not give further details. Wo...
The European Union will put pressure on Iran to stop jamming satellite broadcasts from the BBC and other international channels. Iran has been blocking news channels broadcast into the country from a French satellite following widespread a...
Air pollution levels in Hong Kong have reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out. The Environmental Protection Department said some Air Pollution Index readings were more than double the level at whi...
A delegation from a powerful Afghan militant group has met officials for talks in Kabul, the government says. The team from the Hezb-e-Islami group of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar held talks with President Karzai, his spokesmen said. It is the firs...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make difficult but necessary choices if it wants a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Mrs Clinton will warn that the status quo is unsustainable in a speech to the pro-Israe...
