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Mandya, India – A nationwide “unity march” led by India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has reached its 80th day and is currently winding through the streets of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The “Bharat Jodo Yatra” (or Unite India March) started from Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of ...

Many Indians are delighted at the prospect of Rishi Sunak becoming the first person of Indian origin to become British prime minister, just as Hindus across the world celebrate Diwali. Sunak is set to take the top job after his rivals Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the ...

Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations that grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis. The currently favoured term for this concept is “loss and damage” payments, but some ...

“The building started moving, slowly, from side to side … then faster. I woke up and I called my father, and family in Kabul,” says Shokrullah, who was at his home in Gardez in Paktia province, 61km (38 miles) from the epicentre of a devastating 5.9 magnitude earthquake that ...

Dear ex-mother-in-law, By the time I was 25, I’d left two husbands. The second of those was your son. My mother thinks I shouldn’t write to you, that I should leave the past behind, what’s done is done, and nothing can change it. But the silencing of women has ...

A look at the highs and lows of the T20 World Cup that was won by Australia on Sunday.Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets on Sunday to win the T20 World Cup, the only global cricket tournament missing from its trophy cabinet. Neither teams were pre-tournament favourites but ...

The Taliban fighter waited for us behind the barbed wire at the end of the long, narrow metal walkway that is the only path for pedestrians crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He greeted us with a smile, clutching his shiny M16 rifle, emblazoned with the words “property ...

Sadiya Ahmed has been busy during Britain’s latest COVID-19 lockdown. She has produced a podcast, created a heritage photography competition, and is working on setting up a Muslim History module to run alongside the national curriculum. It is all part of this former tutor’s aim to ensure British Muslim ...

Health authorities have declared Africa free of the wild polio virus after decades of efforts, a major step in the campaign to eradicate the crippling viral disease worldwide. Tuesday's historic announcement by the African Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication during a World Health Organization (WHO) event came four ...