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Campaigners say efforts to stamp out custom of banishing girls and women during menstruation have been set back by CovidA 16-year-old girl from Nepal has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, where menstruating women are forced to stay…
The pandemic, cost-of-living crisis and the climate emergency are influencing responses to the largest-ever survey of young peopleGetting a good education and a job are the top priorities for 10 to 24-year-olds, according to the preliminary results of …
Indian opposition hope to open voters’ minds to idea that PM is actually responsible for societal problemsDuring his near-decade in power, as India has convulsed with sectarian riots, mass protests at government policies, or popular rage at heinous cri…
PM attacks opposition parties during no-confidence motion called to force him to address ethnic violence in far-eastOpposition parties have walked out of the Indian parliament in protest at the refusal of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to address e…
Search for survivors continues in latest tragedy as persecuted Muslims make perilous sea journeys in search of better livesAt least 17 people have drowned and 33 are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Malaysia capsized on M…
Ex-PM urges UK and allies to impose sanctions on Afghan regime over its ‘brutalisation’ of women and girlsUK politics live – latest updatesGordon Brown has called for the Taliban to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, as he urged the UK governme…
Former prime minister was sentenced to three years in jail and disqualified from politicsPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has appealed against his conviction and three-year sentence on corruption charges, four days after he was jailed and ba…
Thirty people reported dead and more than 90 injured after Rawalpindi-bound express overturnsA train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90.Ten carriages of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned n…
Law minister claims new census needed for vote but supporters of Imran Khan, who is facing jail, believe his popularity is a factorConcerns are mounting in Pakistan that a general election due later this year could be delayed after the government annou…
Khan arrested in Lahore after court ruling bans him from politics for five years for corruptionPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested after a court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in jail and disqualified him from polit…