In France alone, heatwave alerts were issued for the first time on record in May, when more than half the country recorded new monthly temperature highs
The demonstrations have remained a key point of contention during the Monsoon Session, with the Opposition repeatedly demanding a discussion on the matter
The former Congress president says the youth of India will not allow the prime minister and the home minister, or any official, to escape the consequences of their actions
Russian investigators are probing allegations that women entered sham marriages with soldiers headed to the Ukraine war to claim hefty state compensation after their deaths
Despite conflict, sanctions and economic isolation, Iran has avoided collapse. But households are absorbing the shock through record inflation, falling wages and an ever-shrinking middle class
Fast-track courts are struggling to deliver swift justice. The growing backlog of cases raises difficult questions about whether the problem lies with the courts—or with the justice system as a whole