PROFILE-Why helping the poor is an obsession for BRAC founder Fazle Abed
Fazle Abed's work led him to win the 2014 Trust Women Hero Award, chosen from 150 nominations
Militant attack deaths soar to all-time high - report
Four Islamist groups operating in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria responsible for two thirds of 2013 attacks
Nobel peace laureate calls for global action to end child slavery
Kailash Satyarthi has been credited with freeing over 80,000 child labourers in India over the past 30 years
FACTBOX-Where is slavery most prevalent?
Nearly 36 million people around the world are enslaved, global index on modern slavery shows
FEATURE-World Cup host Qatar must tackle labour abuses: anti-slavery group
Some 29,400 people, or 1.4 percent of Qatar's population, are estimated to be in forced labour or domestic servitude, index shows
Nearly 36 mln people are slaves, Qatar in focus: global index
Ten countries alone account for 71 percent of the world's slaves
Winter food crisis threatens landslide-hit villages in Indian Kashmir
Food crops were destroyed by September's floods, while state rations have yet to reach remote areas
Battered by falling prices, Kenya's tea farmers threaten to uproot
Ideal weather and bigger harvests, instead of producing bumper earnings, have led to a glut of Kenya's speciality black tea
Pakistan tax on solar imports threatens clean energy push - experts
The aim is to boost local production, but quality issues are a roadblock, officials say