About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through ...

The Cleveland Arcade decorated with American flags for the U.S. Bicentennial in October 1976 in Cleveland. (Howard Ruffner/Getty Images) Table of Contents In July, the United States will celebrate ...

As China and other major suppliers of refined oil in the region restrict exports, import-dependent countries are desperate to secure fuel supplies.

Plantations are having trouble finding young labourers to sustain production. Precarious working conditions that have hardly evolved since colonial times are a poignant reminder of the lack of job ...

At the just concluded four-day Asia and the Pacific Food Systems Forum held from Monday to Thursday this week at the Asian ...

Fewer than 100 vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war escalated in late February, starving Asian ...

Africa attracts record foreign investment as economies show resilience despite aid cuts and rising commodity costs from Middle East conflict.

Across Southeast Asia, households are taking on debt just to cover basic needs. Analysts warn that the region's growing ...

Despite huge progress in reducing child mortality since 2000, 4.9 million children died of preventable causes in 2024 ...

On March 12, the South Asian Cultural Association and Planned Parenthood Generation Action hosted a collaborative event to ...

Poverty in New York has reached its highest level in more than a decade, according to the latest Poverty Tracker report from the Robin Hood Foundation and Columbia ...

West Bengal’s ruling party, Trinamool Congress, staged a day-long walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Monday (March 16, 2026), protesting the Election Commission’s decision to remove the state’s top ...