Building of new city in south India raises fears of debt bondage, campaigners say
Tens of thousands of labourers are trafficked each year to work in brick kilns to feed India's flourishing construction industry
'Tougher scrutiny' of Britain's aid spending sees steep rise in fraud bill
The cost of fraud was 1.04 million pounds in 2015/16, compared with 749,000 pounds the previous year
Indian welfare cuts led to deaths of 600 children from malnutrition, activist says
"We are not even 100 km from Mumbai, the big financial hub, yet we have children dying of hunger"
'Without land, we have no power', Indian Dalit land rights activist says
Marginalised low-caste Dalits are fighting victimisation and demanding land they say is owed to them
Get off my lawn! Pokemon Go tests global property laws
Experts say our current laws won't prevent virtual reality invading our real-life property
Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade - scientists
"We need to get ready to deal with surprise," says one University of Oxford scientist
Britain ramps up humanitarian aid in Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive
The funding is in addition to the 169.5 million pounds the UK government has already spent on aid in Iraq since 2014
High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy
Imported panels and import taxes mean coal is still a cheaper choice, despite government push for solar energy
US says to bolster efforts to end female genital mutilation
Figures show more than half of million women and girls are at risk
Pessimism over global poverty threatens to stall efforts to help - report
Almost 90 percent of people incorrectly believe that extreme poverty has become worse or not changed in the past 25 years