Report: Crew of Iranian cargo ship poisoned, 3 seamen die
Oct 19, 2018
Iran's state news agency: 3 seamen die of unspecified toxic substance that poisoned 11 crew of cargo ship
Indian temple priests turn back women, defying court ruling
Oct 19, 2018
Hindu priests have joined conservative protesters to block women of menstruating age from temple, defying a ruling from India's top court to let them enter
Observers: India temple protest support a bid for votes
Oct 18, 2018
India's ruling party and the main opposition are both supporting a protest to keep females of menstruating age from entering one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, in what some political observers say is a bid to shore up votes
Protesters stop females ages 10 to 50 from entering temple
Oct 17, 2018
An Indian temple and one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage centers has opened its doors to females of menstruating age to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, but hundreds of protesters fought with police to keep women out
Child hunger 'serious' in India while its economy grows fast
Oct 12, 2018
A global hunger index has been released showing about 20 percent of Indian children under age 5 suffer from acute under-nutrition in the same week the International Monetary Fund projected India to be the world's fastest-growing economy
India's sanitation summit overshadows problems that persist
Oct 1, 2018
The United Nations is celebrating the sanitation gains made in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 at a summit this week in New Delhi, but struggles with open defecation remain in the heart of India's capital
Iran says 31 people have died from drinking tainted alcohol
Oct 1, 2018
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says 31 people died from drinking tainted alcohol across the country
Iranian media: 11 people die from drinking tainted alcohol
Sep 28, 2018
Iranian media: 11 people die after drinking tainted homemade alcohol in southern port city; 123 hospitalized
India's top court lifts temple's ban on women who menstruate
Sep 28, 2018
India's Supreme Court has lifted a temple's ban on women of menstruating age, holding that equality is supreme irrespective of age and gender
Autopsy on Egyptian monk shows signs of poisoning
Sep 27, 2018
Autopsy on Egyptian monk who had until recently served at monastery where the abbot was killed shows signs of poisoning