More than 1 million migrants arrived in Europe this year
More than one million migrants have entered Europe this year, marking the largest wave of immigration into the continent since World War II.
Lessons learned from Cuban Missile Crisis, not so much in South Asia
Just about anyone with the slightest connection to the Cuban Missile Crisis 53 years ago has penned their recollections, including me. But few of those who were around then, and certainly subsequent generations, have much recall of a simultaneous conflict…
More than 2,000 years of India’s lost literature is coming back into print
For more than 2,000 years, several volumes of classical South Asian texts remained locked away in languages that have either died, have a dwindling number of speakers or no one bothered to translate these stories for a global audience.
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Treating mental illness with medicine and religion in India
In India, about 100 million people are believed to suffer common mental disorders and millions more have more severe illnesses. With just 5,000 psychiatrists in the country, faith healers have filled the gap. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports…
A strengthening tropical storm is predicted to hit Haiti on Friday, bringing the threat of high winds and flooding, which could accelerate the spread of cholera.
Two years after a tsunami devastated Southeast Asia, the region's hardest hit areas continue to deal with the aftermath. Regional experts discuss efforts to restore the economy and society in the most affected areas.
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