Parched for a price: Karachi's water crisis By Asad Hashim Residents of Karachi, one of the largest cities in the world, are being held hostage by a ‘mafia’ that makes millions of dollars out of their need for water. KARACHI, Pakistan - Orangi is a maze, a spider’s web of narrow, winding lanes, broken roads and endless rows of small concrete houses. More than two million people are crammed into wh

By: Elizabeth Melimopoulos and Ali Rae Here are some of their stories: Click to read Ana Maria, 38 Ingrid Liseth, 27 Maria Rafaela Chacach, 50 Patricia Shajon, 64 Lonjina Saban, 70 Santos Siney Tacatic, 64 Discrimination hurts. Not being allowed to enter places because I'm wearing my traditional dress, speaking my native language, or simply because I am poor – it hurts. Our government is racist an

On November 22, 1967, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 242. The resolution is used as a framework for implementing the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But since its adoption over 50 years ago, Israel has violated the resolution by entrenching its occupation of the Palestinian territories through illegal settlements.

In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 20, fatally. Those who have survived have been left with deep physical and psychological scars, and remain fearful that those who hunt them will return. But why is this happening? A

Baby seller Hello. Newborn girl available. Indonesian mother. Dressed in a white jumpsuit, mittens and socks, the baby girl lay quietly in the Malaysian heat. "I picked her up and she smiled," said Hartini Zainudin, recalling the hot Saturday morning that changed her life. Hartini is well known in Malaysia as a child rights activist who rescues unwanted babies. She thought this was another of thos

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means the appointment has been finalised. means the appointee has resigned. President The real estate mogul, businessman, pageant owner, and former reality-TV personality survived not only the fallout from his populist rhetorical outbursts during the campaign, but also revelations dating back decades involving racism, sexual harassment, and tax avoidance, among others. Mike Pence Vice President Th