Lebanon has extended its all-day lockdown until February to curb the spread of coronavirus. The lockdown, in place for nearly a month by February 8, ...
More than 100 million children in South Asia could slip into poverty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a UN report said Tuesday of the ...
The world’s richest 1 percent have more than twice the wealth of the rest of humanity combined, according to Oxfam, which called on governments ...
The world’s financial sector should take rapid steps to address record or near-record inequality levels within countries that new research shows ...
Nesma Ghanem is hoping for a fourth child even though her doctor says her body can’t handle a pregnancy at the moment. She has three daughters ...
Board an airplane for less than $ 1. Surprised? That is what hundreds of underprivileged kids in India’s national capital do. An aircraft ...
A video shared by Yemenis on social media this week has shown the stark reality of life in Houthi militia-held areas. What first appears to be a ...
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are falling deeper into debt, with 2018 being the worst year yet, as more families marry off children to cope financially, ...
Meet Yash Vir Rao, India’s civil engineer-turned-music teacher. Based in New Delhi, Rao is famous among his followers as Guitar Rao. He teaches ...
Gambling is slowly emerging as a serious problem in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. What’s worrying for the authorities is that the gamblers ...
A family of five that has migrated from Afghanistan to Pakistan has gained popularity for serving delicious parathas in order to survive and help with ...
The Arab region is presently undergoing a period of rigorous challenges at all echelons resulting from armed conflicts, economic hardships, sectarian ...
Bomb-proof, earthquake-resistant and cheap: thousands of Pakistanis are choosing to hunker down in caves northwest of Islamabad, snapping up the ...
Children who find it difficult to travel distances to go to schools in India will soon be able to get education at their doorsteps, thanks to a new ...
The world should help Africa invest in its people as the continent confronts a demographic boom, said billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, whose ...
The 400,000-odd flat-broke beggars in India must have heaved a sigh of relief with a top court of law ruling that seeking alms is not a crime, and ...
In India’s capital city of New Delhi, people still earn a living by diving in the river Yamuna to collect coins. Numbered around 30, they earn ...
“Is blockchain made of gold”? My wife’s rather amusing question during a random research turned out to be more than just comic ...
Despite battling physical handicap, Omkar Nath aka “Medicine Baba” goes door-to-door in India, collecting unused medicine. Every day, he ...
The unequal divide between those that have and those that have not is widening across the world, putting under strain not only established political ...
In India’s capital, rickshaw pullers get their daily dose of Bollywood at a makeshift cinema hall under a century old bridge. The floor of the ...
Many countries in the Near East and North Africa deserve praise for keeping food security high on their agenda. As a result of this perseverance, 14 ...
Announcement of the death of 39 Indians in the Mosul region of Iraq has opened a Pandora’s Box exposing the harsh reality that exists in India ...
A touching photo published by the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday showed an elderly woman in an improvised neighborhood in Aden ...
While we breeze past most big airports these days, quick retrieval of luggage still remains a major irritant. In order to calm down a restless ...
The Bank of France agreed to lend an additional $3 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s anti-poverty fund, the IMF announced Wednesday. ...
A football coach in India is making tireless efforts to train underprivileged children to compete with the best and in the process gain dignity in ...
One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with ISIS militants, the ...
Social media users have been sharing pictures of a resilient 10-year-old girl who spent most of her life in poverty, selling tissues on the streets of ...
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