Four years at sea, now just metres from shore: ‘living hell’ of stranded UAE ship
Five seafarers are stuck in limbo on a beached tanker after a long, terrifying ordeal of abandonment
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Aung San Suu Kyi complicit in Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar, MPs told
Rights groups urge UK government and international community to consider Nobel laureate ‘part of the problem’ over atrocities in Rakhine state
Read moreWorld Health Organization hails major progress on tackling tropical diseases
WHO director general says significant strides have been made in fight against sleeping sickness, elephantiasis and other neglected tropical diseases
Read moreTrump’s proposed cut to school meals scheme branded ‘cruel and shameful’
US lawmakers united in condemnation of plan to discontinue ‘life-changing’ aid programme that has provided food for 40 million children in poor countries
Read moreOn the climate change frontline: the disappearing fishing villages of Bangladesh
Kutubdia’s islanders don’t have much of a carbon footprint – most don’t have regular electricity. But they are facing the reality of a changing climate, and soon tens of millions of their fellow Bangladeshis will be at risk
Read moreBangladesh struggles to turn the tide on climate change as sea levels rise
From incessant rains to flooded rice fields, the economic impact of global warming has been keenly felt in the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar
Read more‘Superstition’ prevents action against children drowning in Bangladesh
18,000 children under the age of 18 drown every year, but study finds moves to curb the deaths are stymied by view of the fatalities as ‘God’s will’
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