Afghanistan risks "new spiral in violence", UN official says
The Taliban control more territory than at any time since they were ousted in 2001
Legal research provides grounds to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth
LGBT rights NGO, Equality Illinois and international law firm, Kirkland & Ellis successfully joined forces to produce a robust legal research to advocate for the ban of conversion therapy for LGBT youth in Illinois.
Young Syrians get 100 pct praise at 'Refugees Got Talent' contest in Iraq camp
Young Syrian refugees get chance to showcase their artistic talents at camp in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bangladesh river eats up land and homes, trapping poor villagers
For families living on the banks of the Brahmaputra, erosion is a worsening problem as the climate changes
At least six dead as rains batter quake-hit southwestern Japan
Hundreds of thousands of people have been advised to evacuate a wide swathe of Kyushu island
Most auditors in Asia find child labour in supply chains, survey finds
64 percent of auditors surveyed across Asia encountered child labour during their on-site inspections in the last two years
FEATURE-From cleaning corpses to sex with strangers, widow rituals fuel disease in Africa
"If you accept these degrading rituals, you run the risk of disease. If you don't, you are ostracised."
"I should have died too" - Nepal's quake widows struggle to survive
"It drastically changed the way I am treated by society. Society does not accept me as one of them," widow Mina Adhikari