Open ArticleUN: Half a million stateless people got citizenship in past decadeBy Trans Asia NewsWorldThe UN said Friday that in the decade since it launched a campaign to end the limbo of statelessness, over half a million people without a nationality had acquired citizenship.
Open ArticleBRICS name militant groups as regional security concernBy TANSSouth AsiaThe leaders of the five emerging market BRICS powers have for the first time named militant groups allegedly based in Pakistan as a regional security concern and called for their patrons to be held to account.
Open ArticleBrazil prison riot kills at least 60 inmatesBy TANSWorldAt least 60 inmates died during a prison riot in the northern state of Amazonas, including several who were beheaded or dismembered, Brazilian state authorities said Monday.