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Country’s health and economy ruined as Islamic charity says rich nations must compensate those suffering worst of climate crisisA year after Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory, a report by Islamic Relief Worldwide has revealed the devastating lon…
Ruling allows leader of Congress party to return to parliament and contest national electionsIndia’s supreme court has suspended Rahul Gandhi’s two-year prison sentence for defamation, paving the way for him to return as an MP and to run in next year’s…
With elections due next year, there are fears unrest will grow as the ruling BJP faces criticism over its alleged inactionAn imam stabbed and shot to death in a mosque that was then burned to the ground. A young doctor, walking home, set upon by an ar…
Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national incomeUK aid cuts are a “death sentence” for children in the world’s most dangerous places, aid charities have warned after an internal government report reveale…
Amendment to bill would allow intelligence agencies to search ‘enemies’ and their premises without warrantThe Pakistan government is facing a backlash from MPs and senators after introducing an amendment to a colonial-era secrets act that critics have …
Human rights groups say Myanmar military’s move to drop five of ousted leader’s convictions is meaningless Even with a partial pardon announced this week by Myanmar’s military junta, Aung San Suu Kyi still faces the prospect of being kept in detention …
Ousted leader granted clemency on five charges as part of amnesty but faces a further 14 casesMyanmar’s junta has pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi on five legal charges, military-controlled TV has announced, although the deposed leader still faces more than t…
An impulsive decision to collectively buy a single lottery ticket resulted in the friends from Kerala collectively hitting the jackpotThe 11 women had never felt luck was on their side. The friends, some in their 20s and others over 70, all struggled t…
Military-controlled government seemingly needs more time to organise new vote as it tackles protests and armed resistanceMyanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected …
Blast took place at political rally for a pro-Taliban party as country faces a rising tide of militant attacksThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 54 people in Pakistan, as the country battles a rising ti…