India's top court refuses to hear gay-sex ban challenge
India's gay community is fighting to overturn a colonial-era ban on homosexual sex reinstated by Supreme Court in 2013
Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water
Years of worsening rainfall have created crisis conditions, leading families to fight to protect water, police say
EXCLUSIVE-U.S. to upgrade Thailand in annual human trafficking report - sources
Rights groups say millions of migrant workers remain vulnerable to abuse in the fishing sector and other Thai industries
Indonesia faces environmental time bomb after coal bust
Abandoned pits are death traps for children who swim there, and acidic water is killing nearby rice paddies
INTERVIEW-Rising social progress in E Europe likely to lead to drop in migration - economist
Eastern European countries belonging to the EU rated highly on social progress in annual index
COLUMN-Climate policies will not strand oil and gas reserves: Kemp
Fast-growing demand from developing world is likely to ensure increased consumption of both fossil fuels and cleaner energy over next 20 years
Crack down on illegal fishing to protect millions of workers in W.Africa - thinktank
Foreign trawlers venture into coastal areas, exhausting local stocks, often illegally, and forcing locals further out to sea to find fish
Mexico police, armed forces have tortured women -Amnesty
Report, based on interviews with 100 women, said 72 had been sexually abused and 33 raped while they were detained
Proposed Amazon dam would fuel land speculation, deforestation, study says
Construction permits for the Tapajos dam are currently suspended due to concerns over indigenous land rights
Sweet potato experts win World Food Prize
Honorees' work has focused on fighting vitamin deficiency in poor countries with the orange-fleshed sweet potato