Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.

A new rule would bar National Resistance Movement party members who lose their primaries from running as independents in ...

Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show ...

Taslima Begum sews clothes at a factory in Ashulia, Bangladesh, where the industry remains a key economic driver. But after ...

Wiyanti, 55, who goes by the nickname Uum, poses for a portrait in her home in Condet, East Jakarta, weeks after an early ...

Mwesigwa Masagazi holds a photo of his late son, Ivan Sentongo, at his home in Buloba, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Sentongo, 23, was shot and killed by Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces soldiers in ...

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.

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Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.

Sahana David Menon, GPJ Sri Lanka Tea estate workers, standing in heavy rain, gather to demand a wage increase. K. Sathyawathy, middle in black rain jacket, is a 38-year-old widow who was born at ...

Shifting Democracies fellows will examine changing governance structures in countries around the world, and how those shifts are interconnected. During this two-year, full-time fellowship, fellows ...