Opinion

Totalling approximately 150 million hectares, DRC's forests are prized by buyers of forest concessions -- some for logging, others for contested carbon-offset programmes.

Democrats on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump's administration of the "largest government cover-up in modern history".

If Donald Trump was worried about a hostile reception over his breakneck remaking of presidential norms, he did not show it -- striding in six minutes late, with the unhurried confidence of a man who knew the evening belonged to him.

As the weeks amass and donations dwindle, survivors question how long they will be left in limbo after the worst disaster to strike Aceh since a 2004 tsunami.

When US and Iranian negotiators meet on Thursday in Geneva, Iran's top security chief Ali Larijani will be Tehran's key player behind the scenes.