World 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
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Indian ruling party officials to be tried over 1992 Babri mosque demolition
Court rules 13 senior BJP figures, including water minister and a state governor, must face criminal conspiracy charges
Read moreScientists to take to the streets in global march for truth
March for Science on 22 April will see scientists and supporters at more than 500 locations stand up for evidence-based thinking
Read moreBangladesh accused of failing to act over murder of activist
Five years after an international outcry over the torture and killing of Aminul Islam, Bangladesh’s government is under fire for failing to find those responsible
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s great hope fails to live up to expectations
A year after her party swept to power, the Nobel laureate faces questions over her leadership and silence on persecution
Read moreMigrant domestic workers in Jordan run the gauntlet between abuse and jail
Migrants in Jordan who flee abusive employers risk being imprisoned as illegal workers if they fail to find shelter with their embassies
Read moreRise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland
In Gorakhpur, the power base of a firebrand monk, religious tension grows with Uttar Pradesh’s 40 million Muslims
Read moreThe 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
When a classmate told 19-year-old Heraa Hashmi that “all terrorists are Muslims” she began to compile a dossier of all instances of Muslims condemning terror attacks
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 moreChild labourers exposed to toxic chemicals dying before 50, WHO says
Bangladesh tannery workers exposed to formaldehype, sulphuric acid and more while making products for westerners
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