Indian regulator fines 530 companies for delay in appointing women directors
The Securities and Exchange Board of India last year imposed a quota of at least one female director on the board of every listed firm
UK woman groomed at 10 for marriage, speaks for "honour" crime victims
Globally, it is estimated that 5,000 women are murdered every year in "honour" killings, though the real number is thought to be far higher
Up to 1.3 mln in parched Ukraine face water crisis- UNICEF
With little rain and high temperatures, conditions are becoming increasingly difficult
Indian police raid home of leading rights activist and Modi critic
An official said a team had conducted early morning searches at Teesta Setalvad's home
British PM vows to end "scandalous" gender pay gap in a generation
Women in Britain earn on average only 80 percent of a man's pay
To sustain its forests, Asia needs to invest in local people - experts
Over 450 million people in Asia rely on forests for income and food, but forest dwellers often struggle to make a living
Goal to end AIDS epidemic by 2030 "ambitious but realistic" - UN chief
AIDS-related deaths have dropped more than 40 percent since 2004 to 1.2 million a year
Yemen fuel shortages could kill more than "bullets or bombs" as truce ignored
Fighting rages despite a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce
UN hopes 'tax inspectors without borders' will combat tax dodging
Nearly $1 trillion in illicit finance, stemming from tax evasion, crime and corruption, leaves poor countries each year
Zimbabwe's desperate gold rush poisons children with mercury
As gold grows more scarce in the Mutare River, illegal miners rely on mercury to trap the precious metal from the waters with disastrous consequences