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German ministry calls for migrants to be returned to Africa

The ministry says the European Union should adopt an Australian-style system where migrants are intercepted at sea.

SA idles in neutral as Iran oil fuels diplomatic tension

Britain threatens Iran while evacuating embassy staff

Britain has begun evacuating diplomatic staff from Iran, warning of serious consequences for the Iranian government.

UK evacuates staff in Iran after attacks on embassy

UK evacuates staff in Iran after attacks on embassy

Outraged by the attacks on its embassy in Iran, the UK has evacuated all its diplomatic staff members, warning of ‘serious consequences’.

Iran begins loading fuel into nuclear core

Iran begun loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, a last step to realising its stated goal of becoming a peaceful nuclear power.

WTO talks collapse in US-India farm row

Marathon talks for a global trade deal collapsed on Tuesday after a clash over agriculture between the US and emerging heavyweights.

WTO talks enter tense endgame

Talks to rescue a world trade deal struggled into a ninth day on Tuesday after being brought back from the brink of collapse.

Political rows threaten food summit success

A United Nations global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.

Food summit seeks ‘green revolution’ for Africa

A United Nations summit on the global food crisis asked rich nations on Wednesday to help ”revolutionise” farming in Africa to produce more food for people facing hunger.

Food summit blames trade barriers for high prices

The United Nations urged a summit on the global food crisis on Tuesday to help stop the spread of starvation threatening nearly one billion people by lowering trade barriers and…

Biofuel land demand puts rural poor at risk

The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a report prepared…

World leaders to tackle food crisis at Rome summit

It has been described as a global crisis pushing 100-million people into hunger, threatening to stoke social and political turmoil and set the fight against world poverty back by…

Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election

Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger-than-expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic…

Berlusconi dumps allies, aims for 2008 vote

Italy’s opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has dumped his right-wing allies in a bid to form a new centrist force that he hopes can carry him back to power at an early election.…

Developing nations hit back on climate change

Developing countries, including emerging economic giants China and India, are not prepared to take the blame for climate change, the head of the G77 group of developing nations…

Pope: Christians, Muslims must reject violence

Pope Benedict told Muslim envoys on Monday that Christian and Muslim believers must reject violence, in an audience meant to defuse anger at his use of quotes saying Islam was…

Industry joins Greenpeace to demand climate action

An array of big businesses joined forces with an unlikely ally on Wednesday to call on governments meeting at the Earth Summit to take clear action to tackle global climate change.

Opec seen blocking Summit ‘green’ energy goal

Oil exporting countries are blocking European Union efforts to form an alliance with over 100 developing countries to push for firm targets on boosting ”green” energy.