Dubai: Mumbai ’s sprawling slum Dharavi — often dubbed Asia’s largest — is now being pitched as a development opportunity.

This infographic shows the countries in which the proportion of the urban population living in slums was greater than 30 percent in 2022.

A new multilateral finance fund was launched on Wednesday that aims to cut carbon emissions and improve conditions in developing-world cities.

Worst yet, the United States, which has a clear interest in securing the future of the base at Diego Garcia, has given its ...

Muhammad Shehada, an analyst from Gaza, speaks to MEE about the gaps and ambiguities in the 20-point ceasefire proposal ...

On September 15, 2025, the Taliban de facto authorities announced an internet ban across large areas of northern Afghanistan.

"I'm completely cut off from my family." Vermont's Afghan Alliance is in the dark after the Taliban pulled the plug on the internet across Afghanistan on Monday.

Afghanistan is often referred to as the “Heart of Asia” because of its strategic location at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. This position has historically linked various civilizations and ...

An internet advocacy group says connectivity in Afghanistan has “collapsed” with a near-total nationwide telecoms disruption in effect ...

Afghanistan's internet and mobile telephone services were down nationwide on Tuesday, and while the Taliban administration ...

Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. "I was born here, my father was born here, my ...