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Why Is This Country Putting Afghan Women and Their Children Behind Bars?
More than a thousand Afghan women, children and men have been arrested by police in Pakistan and face deportation.
Pakistani Taliban Claim Mosque Bombing That Killed Dozens of Cops
The Afghan Taliban condemned the mosque bombing calling it a “heinous terrorist attack.”
Women Wrestlers Accuse India’s Powerful Wrestling Federation Chief of Sexual Abuse
“We’re here to save wrestling and women”
‘It’s the Apocalypse’: Thousands Flee As This Holy Himalayan Town Sinks Into the Ground
Despite warnings, construction in this popular mountain town, to accommodate Hindu pilgrims, ski tourists, and hydropower plants, has been relentless.
Conflict Forced Them From Their Homes. Now the Military Is Occupying Their Land.
“Future looks bleak. Unless the Tamils get their lost land back, the Tamil areas would soon be colonised by Sinhalese.”
Assailants Shoot Dead 30-Year-Old Female Afghan Politician in Her Home
Mursal Nabizada, a vocal Taliban critic, is the first legislator with the previous US-backed government to have been killed under the Taliban regime.
‘Where’s Your Jesus Now?’: Mobs Chant While Destroying Virgin Mary Statue in India
Victims told the local media that they were attacked for following a “foreign religion”.
Poop Analysis Shows Endangered Bears Are Surviving Exclusively on Garbage
A team of wildlife experts found that most Himalayan brown bears – of which only up to 700 exist – don’t remember what they originally ate anymore.
These Climate Change Victims Risk Everything to Catch Crabs for the Rich
“We are barefoot, heavily in debt and poor, but these agents and suppliers have become millionaires, they have large bungalows, luxurious cars, and land.”
Why This Misunderstood Neighbourhood 9000 Miles From Brazil Has Its Biggest Superfans
“They’re our brothers. They look just like us. They dance just like us, they call it Samba, we call it Lewa.”
Man Leads Violent Mob to Abduct Woman After She Rejected His Marriage Proposal
The man is still at large. Police say violent crimes by men against women who reject them are increasing in India.
How a Curious Cop Led to the Arrest of Man Decades After He Killed a Woman
Indian police identified Sitaram Bhatane, who was in hiding for years, through the world’s largest biometric system.