Updated: 14:27, Tuesday March 4, 2014. Smog from forest and brush fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island has triggered respiratory problems in more than 30,000 people, an official says. Haze pollution reached hazardous levels in parts of Riau province, ...

Updated: 10:38, Tuesday March 4, 2014. Calls for UN Central Africa force. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended deploying nearly 12,000 peacekeepers in Central African Republic to re-establish order in a country that has erupted in chaos ...

WHO declares China's pollution a crisis. Updated: 07:11, Wednesday February 26, 2014. WHO declares China's pollution a crisis. The World Health Organisation has declared the current level of air pollution in China a crisis. It comes as the capital Bejiing ...

Updated: 07:37, Tuesday February 11, 2014. UN says Homs operation extended. The United Nations says an operation to allow civilians to leave besieged districts of the Syrian city of Homs will be extended until Wednesday night. The announcement on ...