'We can't close our eyes' to climate change, says Marshall Isles ex-president

In this low-lying Pacific Island nation, even a former president must deal with seawater washing into her garden

Breaking down walls, Iranian women fight home-built patriarchy

A female architect has developed an ambitious project to map 'signs of resistance' of Iranian women in their own homes

Queer K-pop: chorus grows for gay rights in Asia

An expanding network of LGBT+ choirs across Asia use song to fight discrimination in a region where progress on gay and transgender rights is slow

Sex trade flourishes in Peru's Amazon despite crackdown on illegal mining

Often poor and with little education, women and girls from indigenous farming communities make easy prey for traffickers, who lure them with false promises of well-paid jobs

Colombia's Amazon tribes tap into rainforest protection funds

Involving native tribal communities is critical to saving the threatened Amazon rainforest, says environment minister

Bangladesh eyes deal with Malaysia to protect migrant workers from abuse

Bangladesh's current informal recruitment system involves unofficial middlemen who often give false promises about jobs and then charge high fees that trap many workers in debt bondage

More protests, more crackdowns? Climate activism faces 'crunch year'

Will governments police growing peaceful demonstrations demanding urgent climate action without infringing on human and civil rights?

Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of global leaders finds

Long-term risks from climate change now outweigh those from cyberattacks, pandemics, geopolitical conflict and weapons of mass destruction, decision-makers say

Rise in pre-teen girls tricked into online sex acts

In a fast-growing form of online sex crime, abusers pressurise girls to record themselves naked or performing sex acts on their computer webcams, which abusers may then re-share

Tourist visa scam traps Indian migrants in abusive jobs in UAE

Migrants on tourist visas - quicker and cheaper to obtain than work permits - are wary of reporting exploitation for fear of revealing their illegal status

Australia seen waiting till March for sustained rains to douse bushfires

Some 100 fires are burning across the east coast, and authorities battling to contain them reckon most will stay alight until they doused by sustained rain


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