US aid cuts yank Nepal’s girls out of school and into child marriage

Often quite young, they were convicted to long prison sentences for infanticide. Child rights activists say it runs afoul of several of the country’s own laws on how to treat juvenile offenders.

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

Scientists and doctors can't keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don't respond to basic antimicrobial treatment.

More than 600 people who entered the system as children are now adults, making up nearly half the detainees across nine juvenile corrections homes.

Nine of 10 people needing transplants never find a donor. Updated laws increase the donor pool by allowing transplants from brain-dead patients. But religious beliefs about reincarnation make such donations rare.

Scientists and doctors can't keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don't respond to basic antimicrobial treatment.

Scientists and doctors can't keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don't respond to basic antimicrobial treatment.

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.

Anti-corruption protesters find themselves on the wrong side of the law, charged with "character assassination of honorable people.

Scientists and doctors can't keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don't respond to basic antimicrobial treatment.

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating.

With eviction looming — again — all they want is what Nepal’s constitution says they are due: a place to call home.