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A growing number of Indians are being diagnosed with diabetes.

India’s childhood diabetes problem stems from stigma and ignorance

Experts say an assessment of the consequences is crucial for developing targeted prevention and treatment approaches.

Breast cancer affects more than 2 million women every year

AI could help reduce cancer deaths

More than two million women get breast cancer every year. Early diagnosis and predicting risk with AI is helping India and Pakistan.

A Moroccan army vehicle drives past car wreckages in Guerguerat located in the Western Sahara, after the intervention of the royal Moroccan armed forces in the area.

Morocco’s territorial claims on Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing?

Conflict might intensify in Western Sahara as Algeria and Morroco ramp up their military expenditure.

A woman fills a bottle with water at the Barcaccia fountain in front of the Scalinata di Trinita dei Monti (Spanish Steps) in Rome on July 17, 2023, during a heatwave in Italy. Unforgiving heat scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere on July 17, triggering health warnings and fanning wildfires in the latest stark reminder of the effects of global warming.

How cities are dealing with soaring temperatures amid heatwaves

Parts of the world are experiencing deadly heat, with the elderly, children, women, and people with disabilities hit the worst.

UN report said here has been a steep increase in new infections in eastern Europe and central Asia.

‘End to AIDS’ possible by 2030: UN

The global body said that despite many challenges, there is a path to end AIDS.

Security officials guard a blocked road leading to a counter-terrorism centre after security forces started to clear the compound seized earlier by Pakistani Taliban militants in Bannu, a northern district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistan: Families suffer as hundreds jailed far from home

Prisoners’ families say they struggle to pay for long journeys needed to visit the inmates.

All you wanted to know about Instagram Threads (so far)

Threads resembles Twitter in its format, and allows users to sign in with their Instagram account.

Ron Haviv: Chronicler of conflict on the ‘power of photography’

From the invasions of Iraq through to Ukraine, the renowned American photojournalist has long documented the frontlines.

The Amazon rainforest is an essential in sequestering carbon dioxide to combat climate change

Brazil under Bolsonaro led deforestation in Amazon rainforest in 2022: study

Can Brazil’s Lula da Silva keep his vow to reverse the destruction wrought on the Amazon during his predecessor’s term?

Shahnaz Bibi (R), mother of Inham Shafat, and Tasleem Bibi (L), mother of Akash Gulzar, weep for their sons after they went missing in an overloaded trawler that capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea.

Pakistan’s migration problem under the scanner following Greece boat tragedy

Victims’ families explain why so many Pakistanis are risking their lives for an uncertain future in Europe.

Mini satellites can help predict hurricanes

Be it heatwaves or storms, early warning systems are helping save lives

The UN wants every person on the globe to be covered by early warning systems by 2027. What are they and how do they work?

A small classroom made of woven bamboo walls and a cardboard roof was set up last month where around 30 children between the ages of 5 and 15 are being taught how to read and write the Rohingya language

How Rohingya children in India are learning their language

India is currently home to an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who escaped persecution in Myanmar.

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