As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging.

Before hitting the streets, Ahmed reaches for his two essential protest tools: a scarf to mask his face and a cell phone camera to show the world what is happening.With student discussion groups banned and thousands of security operatives believed to be snooping on protesters, the youth of Kashmir are using [...]

Heavy monsoon rains in north west Pakistan have caused rivers to burst their banks and cause wide spread flooding. At least 1,600 people are believed to have been killed and some 20 million people have been affected.

A record number of women are running in Afghanistan’s critical parliamentary elections next month despite many being inundated with threatening phone calls, including death threats from insurgents.Amid ever-rising violence, which some people fear could foster a repeat of last year’s catastrophic presidential election, women are struggling to campaign at all outside a few [...]

For 10 days, drivers on the Beijing to Mongolia expressway have been stuck in a 60-mile tailback. Is this the world’s longest queue? The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts reports.