Jürgen Menze, disability inclusion specialist at the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, has urged leading companies to open up more employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, ...

The results underline how New York’s diverse, unruly and often competing interest groups coalesced into a novel voting bloc that could offer national Democrats a road map.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday to demand that followers of a tiny Muslim sect be declared infidels, in a show of force for hardliners ahead of ...

The evolution of this grassroots initiative in Bangladesh offers a model for other nations seeking to better address the ...

Communities living around a remote, mountainous forest in southeastern Bangladesh, close to Myanmar, have reported cross-border incidents of elephant poaching for years but there was no confirmed ...

Despite the expanded tournament doubling the number of participating nations from the U.S.-held edition in 1994, eight of the ...

Studies estimate that 20–25% of Bangladesh's urban working population suffers from diabetes or pre-diabetes. However, many workers keep their condition secret due to fear of stigma or job insecurity, ...

Delhi’s police chief, Satish Golchha, is concerned. Not long after the violent Gen Z-led demonstrations that rocked Nepal in September and forced the ...

Introduction Drowning burdens in low- and middle-income contexts are underestimated, as current data collection systems ...

Recent hurricanes such as Maria and Katrina claimed over 1,000 lives. The death toll from a 1970 Bay of Bengal cyclone, ...

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said rescuers found another survivor and recovered eight more bodies on Tuesday off ...

From electric-car sales to big sporting events and AI, here is a global round-up for 2026 from The Economist Intelligence ...