National Guard responds to blizzard pounding U.S. Northeast
The storm is the product of a rapid and rare sharp drop in barometric pressure known as bombogenesis, or bomb cyclone
Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets
The demand to find more food sources and a desire to treat animals more humanely have raised interest in using insects as a protein source in several Western countries
Qatar pledges on migrant workers' rights must be backed by action - rights groups
"Setting a minimum wage is really important"
Workers rights get Qatar nod as ILO poised decide on abuse probe
Qatar is keen to show it is tackling allegations of worker exploitation as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup
ANALYSIS - Road to electric car paradise paved with handouts
State subsidies support sales of electric cars around the world, and Norway has the most electric cars per capita thanks to the most generous handouts
Arab boycott adds to woes of Qatar migrant workers
South Asian workers have been left stranded on Qatari farms in Saudi Arabia without food after their Qatari employers fled to Doha in June
Yemen blood bank may be forced to shut due to lack of funds
"If the centre stops, a catastrophe will hit the whole country"
Home was a goat shelter: Indian migrant recounts decades stranded in Gulf
There are an estimated six million Indian migrants in the Gulf states, many of them trafficked and exploited
Indian migrant worker dies after leaving Qatar World Cup venue
Three other Indians employed on World Cup sites have died of heart attacks in the last 18 months
Egypt's Sisi pledges measures to ease strain on poor
Affordable food is an explosive political issue in Egypt where tens of millions of people live below the poverty line