Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to use the announcement to elevate the United Kingdom's environmental credentials after he sacked the head of a Glasgow UN Climate Change ...
![The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of "[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/saudalfaisal_saudi-arabia-un.si.jpg?itok=e1zuyROh "The Saudi Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, announced its rejection of its UNSC seat Friday in protest of \"[how] the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the Security Council prevent it from properly shouldering its responsibilities towards world peace\" (Andrew Burton/Reuters)")
![European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) talks to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva. [arneruhnau]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/000_1Iran_Geneva1.jpg?itok=zb0bSmdd "European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) talks to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva. [arneruhnau]")
![Syrian street during one of many power outages caused by war torn infrastructure failures. [washingtonpost]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/000_1Syria_internet_outage_washpost.jpg?itok=X5kbxqUG "Syrian street during one of many power outages caused by war torn infrastructure failures. [washingtonpost]")
