India’s Coastal Villages Map Out Disaster Strategy

By Sharada Balasubramanian, Climate News Network May 27, 2015 The Indian Ocean can be an angry and sometimes lethal neighbor, but those who live beside it are learning to prepare for its next onslaught. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

South Asia Slow to Act on Water Threats

By Nivedita Khandekar, Climate News Network Jul 7, 2014 A study of the five countries sharing and relying on the Indian subcontinent’s great rivers shows that Bangladesh is the only one that is taking climate change seriously. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Help Needed Now for Climate Refugees

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Jun 12, 2014 A United Nations University report urges governments worldwide to draw up plans urgently to avoid conflict and insecurity by helping populations that are being forced to move because of climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pakistani Woman Stoned to Death by Family, Malaysian Teen Said to Be Raped by 38 Men & Other Horrors

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 31, 2014 Tragically, 25-year-old Farzana Parveen's slaying is one of many cases in which women have been brutalized recently in South Asia, the U.S. and beyond. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Immigrant Views of Dubai, the ‘World’s Fastest Growing City’

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 The city has a dark underbelly that includes harsh treatment of its immigrant labor force and an intolerance for criticism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Great Floods Hit Sri Lanka

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2011 Massive flooding battering the island nation of Sri Lanka has been described as the worst natural disaster there since the 2004 tsunami, killing at least 27 people and inundating thousands of acres of vital rice fields. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sri Lanka’s Produce Army

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2011 Watch out Whole Foods. The Sri Lankan army, having triumphed in its long fight against the rebel Tamil Tigers, has now turned to selling vegetables to the country’s poor at reduced prices to help them through hard times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

India Accused of Torture in Kashmir

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2010 Indian police and security forces have allegedly tortured hundreds of Kashmiris as WikiLeaked evidence shows the use of electrocution, beatings and sexual humiliation against detainees from 2005 to 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan Papers Publish Faux WikiLeaks

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2010 An already fraught relationship between India and Pakistan got a bit more taut after a lapse of journalistic responsibility led several leading Pakistani papers to publish fabricated WikiLeaks cables that more resembled anti-Indian propaganda than diplomatic correspondence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cyclone Kills Hundreds

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2007 A deadly cyclone that made landfall in Bangladesh on Friday has displaced hundreds of thousands and killed at least 2,300 (updated), a number that is expected to rise because thousands remain missing and the true extent of the damage has not yet been determined. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pact Seeks to Ease Risk of Accidental Nuclear War in S. Asia

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2007 India and Pakistan have agreed to a deal meant to limit the possibility of inadvertent nuclear war. The two nuclear states have gone to war several times and frequently rattle sabers at each other. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )