The woman in the bathroom

The woman in the bathroom

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Ramrati was rescued after two years locked in a bathroom by her husband in Haryana. How did she end up there – and why did she go back to him?

A military tank and rows of military on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar. They are all holding the Myanmar flag.

Myanmar’s “general’s election” has failed before it has even started

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Police stand in front of the torched offices of the newspaper Prothom Alo in Dhaka

The Muhammad Yunus government played with fire, now Bangladesh burns again

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Beyond revealing the entrenched power of male stars in Kerala’s film industry, the assault case exposed a long-standing culture of sexism and sexual harassment in Kerala society.

The actor assault case and Kerala’s unyielding patriarchy

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Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif at the National Assembly on 13 November 2025 when the parliament passed the controversial 27th constitutional amendment.

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