A Kenyan-Somali oil conflict;
South Sudan's looming famine;
Seeking clarity in the South China Sea;
The grisly business of blood diamonds

 

The struggle over Okinotorishima;
South Asian fishing disputes on the rise;
America's spies worry about global disease...;
...while a sick Venezuela gets sicker

Kerala under quarantine;
Rising temperatures a challenge for millions in South Asia;
Ankara, Baghdad come to hydrological terms;
A bug-heat link;
The DRC gets aheads of the Ebola crisis

New Mekong dam could damage regional fisheries;
CFC cheating...and its consequences;
Ebola outbreak in the Congo continues;
Nipah outbreak in Kerhala; Environmental issues stress Middle East

A slowdown in the Atlantic;
Japan's minerals find tilts the balance with China;
Pakistan's deadly water woes;
Rising seas threaten atoll infrastructure