Economic necessity often pushes women into sex work. Advocates are debating the best response: decriminalization or finding ...

The villages in the state's west have taken it upon themselves to stop the practice of ostracising widows and are ensuring ...

Israeli forces continued to bombard Gaza, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians, while the fate of nine paramedics remain unknown.

Ironically, the very demonstration of people’s attachment to their local ecology was used by centralised decision-makers to ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Female entrepreneurs in South Asia have been described as “silent contributors”, as their input to the economy and society is ...

Electric tricycles are transforming the lives of some women in parts of rural Zimbabwe. They offer financial independence and ...

Jack Trunz was exhausted the night Khakendra Pun picked him up in his yellow cab at LaGuardia Airport. Trunz’s flight from ...

Shocking footage captured the moment the boat swung several feet into the air when a large metal rod suddenly detached and ...

Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and ...

Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and ...

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found ...