Often quite young, they were convicted to long prison sentences for infanticide. Child rights activists say it runs afoul of ...

The clash over language teaching is less about classrooms and more about who gets to define what it means to be Indian.

A decision by the country’s highest court opens up nearshore waters to export-minded commercial trawlers, waters that had ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — In 2024, Netra, a 21-year-old from a village in eastern Nepal, entered what he thought was a technology center in a remote area of Myanmar. Instead, what he found horrified him. The ...

And outlining what it will take to get it back. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital ...

The clash over language teaching is less about classrooms and more about who gets to define what it means to be Indian.

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container — he’d ...

LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — In February, Stino Muhindo Sivyaghendera lit a match and held it to the grass in the field of eucalyptus trees he’d planted three years earlier. In the months ...

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water. NORTON, ZIMBABWE — Paul Majoni stares at the ...

BADAGRY, NIGERIA — The sun peers between the tall palm trees and fluffy white clouds in this coastal town in southwestern Nigeria. A gentle breeze from the nearby Lagos Lagoon caresses the skin. It is ...

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating. BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Thanks to a tip from friends, Sanju Mahato crossed Nepal’s border into India, walked into a pharmacy, and ...