US may not have the capacity and resources to protect against serious cyber attacks and full-scale electronic warfare, admitted Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security Eric Rosenbach. According to him, the Pentagon’s cyber forces have not enough specialists....

Ziad Abichakar and Hussein Khalife are showing Lebanon how it can protect the environment and at the same time mint money by producing beautiful artifacts and glass bottles out of recycled glass. During the Lebanon war in 2006, Israeli airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley, destroyed the last remnants of...

Water challenged India needs to learn how to better reduce its cotton water footprint, in order to move ahead and meet global standards. One of India’s largest export is in fact water in the form of raw materials exports ranging from automobiles to cotton. The irony of the situation is such that in...

Corporates are stepping in to finance needy farmers and are succeeding where Chartitable and governmental institutions have failed. If you are curious as to how and why, read on. Half a decade ago, farmers in Mozambique could not feed their birds for want of soy. They had to import all of their...

Not far from London Gatwick Airport (South UK) a large deposit of oil was found, reports The Guardian, citing data from research firm UK Oil & Gas (UKOG). British oil exploration company UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG) on Thursday announced that they have opened substantial oil reserves in...

China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has accepted Iran as a founding member. The decision was made by existing members including China, Britain, France, India and Italy while adding UAE as well. Britain, Brazil and Switzerland are also among the 35 founding members of the AIIB...

Lawyers of the company appealed to the Federal Court of the State of Alaska with a request to remove activists from Polar Pioneer rig, said the environmental organization. Oil Company Shell has sued the organization Greenpeace, whose activists have already been for more than 40 hours on the...

Dampened growth outlook for China is weighing heavy on iron ore demand. World Iron Ore market is witnessing an expansion in supplies led by increasing capacity of largest producer across the world. The beginning of 2015 was even tougher for the iron ore market than the finish of 2014. The iron ore...

US State Department may exclude Cuba from the list of states sponsors of terrorism in the next two days, reports CNN referring to the US administration. Official announcement of the US State Department can be done as early as Wednesday, the newspaper notes. President Barack Obama must approve...