On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat as his home built just a year ago on a fragile Brahmaputra island faces submersion.
Indian police detained dozens of people during a rare protest at New Delhi’s India Gate monument demanding action against toxic air choking the capital and surrounding areas.
Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed to a deal with Vietnam to curb illegal migration in what it described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country.
A severe cyclone that hit India’s east coast this week caused nearly 53 billion rupees ($603 million) in damage, flooding farms, roads, and buildings in Andhra Pradesh, authorities said on Thursday.
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday, spewing volcanic ash 10 km into the sky and prompting authorities to raise the alert to its highest level.
The WHO issued a health alert on three contaminated cough syrups found in India, urging countries to report any detection of these medicines to the health agency.
