Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India plane shot dead in Canada
Ripudaman Singh Malik, 70, was accused of being a part of the worst terror attack in Canadian history in which 329 people died A man...
Category : South and Central Asia
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces
Schools, stadiums or airports help the presidents of countries that receive cash from Beijing tighten their grip on power China’s financing of overseas projects has...
Four killed by female suicide bomber near China institute in Pakistan
Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility saying it was the first such attach by a female assailant A suicide bomber from a Pakistani separatist group has...
UK Foreign Office rushed £4.2bn of aid cuts, official audit finds
Support slashed despite warnings about impact, with offices told not to discuss plans with local partners, says National Audit Office report The British government forced...
Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage
UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures – despite its own review raising concerns The British government...
Eight UN peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash in DRC
Six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb victims of fatal reconnaissance mission, officials say Eight UN peacekeepers – six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb...
‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma
Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Myanmar: dozens feared missing after landslide at jade mine
At least one person has died and up to 100 more could have been swept into a lake in the latest incident to strike the...
Monkeys blamed for hundreds of puppy deaths captured in India
Villagers claim animals were carrying out ‘revenge killings’ after dogs killed an infant monkey Two monkeys that allegedly killed hundreds of puppies in the Indian...
