S/Asian countries plan free helpline to fight human trafficking
South Asian countries will set up a toll-free helpline and online platform to fight human trafficking, which is growing on a massive scale in one of t
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Elderly Buddhist monk killed in Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh say a 75-year-old Buddhist monk has been hacked to death in the south-eastern district of Bandarban. An official said the monk&rs
Brazil’s all-male and all-white cabinet criticised
Brazil’s suspended President, Dilma Rousseff, has criticised the new interim government created by her former Vice-President, Michel Temer, for
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reopen border crossing
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday agreed to reopen a main border crossing for thousands of stranded passengers and transit trade convoys, four days a
Oldest cat in the world, Scooter, dies aged 30
A Siamese cat recently named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest living has died. Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday o