Ishaal Zehra A 27 year-old Russian man, Sergei Gavrilov, killed his 55 year-old mother because she refused to give him her pension money so he could go for gambling...

According to news sources, many farmers in Central China’s Hubei Province are so poor that they have been selling their blood regularly in order to meet their...

The worst condition of poor and needy people in India is a part of dirty politics. Since our independence, unsolved problem of common man indicates clearly that our...

She stops for long stretches, lost in thought, trying to make sense of how she’s been left half a person. Sunita, 18, who requested that her family name not be...

Labour’s strategy for tackling poverty has reached the end of the road and Britain risks a return to Victorian levels of inequality, according to a major two-year...

Nigeria — A wary peace has settled over this strategic region, a major world oil supplier and for years a combustible nexus of third world militancy, deprivation and...

In all the worry and flurry about terrorism and ongoing political turmoil, the country’s leadership seems to have ignored the basic necessities and living conditions...

There is a feisty old woman in every village. In Maparanhanga, a remote village in Mozambique, reached by a several-hour-trip through potholes held together by scraps...

Every year we celebrate independence day with a lot of hype and ceremony, we stand up for the national anthem nd sing in unison jana gna mana adhinayaka jaya he...We...

I will say why not? At least I have no answer to this. I wonder why despite being the oldest profession & an indispensable one prostitution does not command...

Kenya has once again topped the list of the most corrupt countries in the region. Transparency international’s bribery index says Kenya has the most incidents of...

“Even a dog in any European Union country enjoys better living conditions than we do here,” complained Danush Ademi, a Kosovar MP representing the Ashkali...

I have been writing about Zimbabwe/Mugabe for almost six years now – and I would hate to know how many hours I have spent in research, or how many words I have...

There really should a comedy sitcom dedicating to the lives of Persian Gulf princes. There is endless material for laughter. “Those Gulf Royals” would...

The poverty-stricken nation of Niger is hitting back after a UN report branded it the world’s worst place to live. Niger’s Institute of Statistics plans to...

Reporting from Toribio, Colombia - Craving adventure and escape from his broken home, Jerson enlisted with leftist guerrillas when he was in his early teens. He saw it...

President Museveni’s brother General Caleb Akwandwaho, popularly known as Salim Saleh recently declared his wealth to the inspector of government. In his briefing...

Kenya, one of Africa’s most popular tourist destinations, is being targeted by Western paedophiles who are exploiting the country’s poverty and lax law enforcement...

Scores of women, many of them married and with children, gathered outside the office of Chaudhry Iftikhar, a local trader, in the old quarters of the port city’s...

ARE YOU ARGUMENTATIVE? The Indian Prime minister addressed top government officials a month ago and told them that the system was ridden with corruption. I did not...