Can new global alliances deliver a tough enough climate deal?
Old rich-versus-poor divide is crumbling when it comes to tackling global warming
Rescue work continues as death toll rises in Pakistan factory collapse
Cracks had appeared in the walls of the factory following a powerful earthquake last week
SheWorks: making gender diversity a workplace reality
Growing number of companies understand that fostering gender diversity in the workplace is not only the right thing to do; it makes business sense
Afghan woman who ran secret schools under Taliban wins education prize
Sakeena Yacoobi helped provide schooling and healthcare in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan
Pakistan factory collapses, killing at least 18, scores trapped
It was not clear what caused the collapse, though construction work had been going on there
Militant-linked charity on front line of Pakistan quake aid
UN calls Pakistani charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa an Islamic militant group, but earthquake victims say they are heroes
Death toll in Saudi haj disaster at least 2,070 - Reuters tally
Saudi officials have stood by their official counts of 769 dead and 934 injured