The University of Birmingham reveals that it has fragments from one of the world's oldest Korans.

Republican presidential candidates spar over national security issues and how best to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the first debate since attacks in California and Paris.

James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, says the Paris climate talks is 'a fraud'.

The climate deal reached in Paris is "the best chance we have to save the one planet we have", US President Barack Obama says adding it could be a "turning point" for the world to take on the challenge of a low-carbon future.

Organisers of climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been reached after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations.

Negotiators at the Paris summit aim to wrap up a global agreement to curb climate change on Saturday - a day later than expected.

A critical "clean" draft text has been published at UN climate talks here in Paris after delays.

One of the Catholic Church's most senior prelates has said that birth control could "offer a solution" to the impacts of climate change.

Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert"red alert" came into effect.

It's clear at this point that even if the international climate accord being negotiated in suburban Paris becomes legally binding, it won't include punitive measures like trade sanctions or embargoes on straggler countries that fail to meet their commitments.

France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.

Delegates at a UN climate conference in Paris approve a draft text that they hope will form the basis of an agreement to curb global carbon emissions.

Present development model is not an option anymore: it is as unfair as it is unjust, and left unchecked will take us to an irreversible process of self-destruction.

A senior Indian negotiator says his country will cut back its use of coal, if sufficient cash for renewables emerges from a Paris deal.

Prince Charles is expected to call for better protection of the world's forests at the UN climate conference in Paris.

World leaders open an historic summit in Paris aimed at ending decades of political gridlock and forging an elusive agreement to avert calamitous global warming.

A critical UN conference aimed at agreeing a new global approach to climate change is set to open in Paris with 147 world leaders in attendance.

Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris on Sunday for a critical UN climate meeting, amid tight security.The conference, known as COP21, will attempt to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.

People wearing hold signs as they participate in the human chain demonstration near Republique Square on the eve of the COP21 Conference opening, Paris, France, 29 November 2015.

We will not get there overnight. The climate change conference in Paris is not the end point. It must mark the floor, not the ceiling of our ambition. It must be the turning point towards a low-emission, climate-resilient future.