Gunmen have killed at least 52 people and displaced nearly 2,000 others over several days of attacks in Nigeria's northern Plateau state, which has a history of violence between farmers and cattle herders, the national emergency agency said.

China has given the green light to the construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam, an ambitious project located on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.

Uzbekistan and SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s energy giant, have commenced geological exploration on the Ustyurt Plateau in Uzbekistan.