In July 2024, a veteran economist and teacher of economics, C.T. Kurien, passed away. V.K. Ramachandran, himself one of India ...

Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only ...

President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is playing out in hearings in key cases. In Louisiana, an immigration judge on ...

Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s ...

To reduce remittance costs and maximise their impact, Bangladesh must enforce greater transparency, promote competitive transfer channels, and regulate exchange rate margins ...

Yvette Cooper might as well be standing on the beach shouting “go back” to the tide, as she wails “Smash the Gangs” to stop ...

Some 400,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, according to estimates by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. During the same period, ...

Despite the bitter exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS and their formation of the rival AES, the destinies of the two blocs remain deeply intertwined.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday called on Sudan's conflicting parties to protect ...

In conflicts that drag on, (states) tend to get used to fact that they last and that humanitarians are there anyway,' says ...

For entrepreneurs, executives and investors, understanding these trends is not just a "nice to have." It is a strategic ...