The Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided Thursday to leave crude oil outputs steady. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah Al Badri said, after reviewing the market supply and demand, the conclusion that the market was stable and... More

The five UN Security Council permanent members and Germany have agreed on a new draft resolution tightening targeted sanctions against the Iranian government for defying demands to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, diplomats said... More

Development communication network Panos South Asia sees a strong role for community radio in India and is developing radio talents in the country's rural areas. India has been slower in building a community radio compared to Nepal or Sri Lanka,... More

China will launch a new direct broadcast satellite later this year after its predecessor, Sinosat-2, suffered a fatal technical failure in space one month after its launch. Chinasat-9, also the country's second direct-to-home satellite scheduled... More

Oil giant Sinopec has announced its discovery of a huge gas field in southwest China's Sichuan province, China Securities Journal reported Friday. The natural gas reserve of the field is very likely to exceed that of Puguang, a gas field also in... More

A driverless robot car with an electronic brain and laser eyes that see everywhere at once has been built in Germany to demonstrate the future of road transport - when computer-assisted cars take the steering wheel out of error-prone human hands. ... More

An international crop research institute near here has announced plans to introduce cultivation of sweet sorghum in a big way - a rich source of ethanol biofuel - that will not only contribute to the livelihood of poor and marginal dry-land farmers... More

DuPont, the leading crop genetics development company of the US, Wednesday opened its first plant biotech research centre outside its homeland, in Hyderabad. "The Hyderabad centre would be located inside our Knowledge Centre and work as a global... More

South Korea plans to ship 50,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil to North Korea if Pyongyang accepts UN nuclear inspectors, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The South Korean government is considering a one-time shipment of 50,000... More

Some 5,400 hectares of forest in Honduras have been destroyed by fires this year, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. Ramon Alvarez, manager of the Honduran Forest Development Corporation (Cohdefor), told La Tribuna newspaper that his... More