According to a recent survey of language learning trends across higher education institutes in the United States, the surge in the number of students wishing to study Arabic could see that demand outstrips supply, and that the need for qualified teachers in the Middle Eastern language is currently high.
Since 9/11, the number of students interested […]

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change.
The fund will promote alternatives to forest-clearing for people living in the Amazon, and support conservation and sustainable development
Officials will seek donations abroad and aim to raise $21bn (£11bn) by 2021.
But a […]

Hamid Karzai’s office had expressed concern at allegations raised in April that nuclear waste had been buried in the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
An Afghan minister told the BBC he had evidence nuclear waste was buried there. Pakistan denied the accusations.
Parliamentary affairs minister Faruq Wardag later withdrew his comments.
Tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan further […]