Indonesia sends 21,000 to fight fires

Indonesia deployed as many as 21,000 personnel to the northern islands to fight fires which have spread haze to neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

Afghan forces struggle to retake Kunduz from Taliban

Afghan forces continued to struggle to mount a credible response to the Taliban's seize of Kunduz.

India trumps US, China as No.1 FDI destination

According to the FT data service, India beat US and China to emerge as the top environment for foreign direct investment.

Does water boost chances of extraterrestrial life?

Following NASA's announcement on 28 September 2015 regarding Martian water, NASA's associate-administrator for science John Grunsfeld, talked of sending a spacecraft in the 2020s to directly look for life on Mars.