Priyanka Shankar

Some European countries are freezing asylum applications for people from Syria in the wake of the fall of its regime.

Altruism is a much-debated topic in biological studies, and the prevailing conclusion is that almost all forms of altruism are reciprocal. “So, you're either helping your kin, or you're helping a friend who could potentially help you in the future,” says wildlife biologist Ashni Kumar Dhawale. However, when Dhawale witnessed what seemed to be selfless altruism in the form of alloparenting or allomothering — where a non-related individual provides childcare — among the endangered lion-tailed macaques

Disagreements over the ownership of the Murdoch Family Trust have led to a legal battle.

Commonly called the northern river terrapin, Batagur baska is a terrapin uniquely adapted to mangroves. Once found in abundance in the mangrove-lined rivers and estuaries in Myanmar and in the Sundarbans across India and Bangladesh, the small turtle species is now listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and there are no records of adults in recent years.

Citizens in Assam’s capital Guwahati carried out a protest on October 29, against the construction of a flyover that involved the felling of trees near Dighalipukhuri, a historically and culturally significant human-made tank. Hundreds of people took to the streets after the city administration marked 28 trees with yellow crosses along its banks. The trees […]

The country’s first lady has been accused of corruption and stock price manipulation in the past.

After nearly two weeks of hearings, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has a tough matter to consider, and one that many say will shape the future course of climate action across the world: What, really, are the obligations of states in mitigating the climate crisis? Can legal action be taken if countries fail to meet their commitments?

Thousands of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese were forced to flee their homeland in the 1990s. Decades later, many remain in limbo, torn between dreams of repatriation and the harsh realities of statelessness.

Democratic Republic of the Congo says tech giant has been using controversial minerals from sub-Saharan Africa.

Clifford, who denies murdering the wife and daughters of a BBC presenter, has also been charged with raping one of them.