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US Marine’s adoption of Afghan war orphan voided
The rare ruling is the latest twist in an ongoing legal battle between Afghan and US couples for three-year-old girl.
Published On 31 Mar 2023
Stampede at Ramadan food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan
Women and children die when people panic and push each other to collect food in Karachi, officials say.
Published On 31 Mar 2023
Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown
Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists.
Published On 31 Mar 2023
IPL 2023 to introduce cricket subs, new penalties in rule changes
Cricket version of substitute players, two playing 11s to pick from and DRS calls for wide and no-balls in new-look IPL.
Published On 31 Mar 2023

Seven months after catastrophic deluge destroyed homes and crops, millions of women continue to live in debt and penury.

Incident occurred as devotees gathered in Madhya Pradesh state’s Indore city to celebrate Hindu festival of Ram Navami.

Activists, lawyers and refugees see the UK repeating the mistakes and abuses of Australia’s draconian asylum seeker law.

Ruling says the colonial-era law, which governments have used against their political opponents, is ‘unconstitutional’.

In 1996, a court case between a father and daughter would ask: Could Pakistani women choose their own husbands?

Healthier and more environmentally friendly alternatives are not immediately accessible to billions in Asia and Africa.

Some jail cells, the report says, are holding as many as 15 prisoners when they were designed for just three people.

Zareen is the second Indian after Mary Kom to win the world women’s boxing championship two years in a row.

Bangladesh’s opposition has jumped on the recent controversy over the Indian tycoon to demand cancelling the power deal.

Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.

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