Syrian air defence systems have "harassed" Turkish F-16 fighter jets patrolling their own airspace by repeatedly putting them under "radar lock", suggesting they were about to be fired at, the Turkish ...

Police and prosecutors are chasing shadows in pursuit of human traffickers. Can modern technology help turn the tide in the fight against modern slavery?

Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, the Thomson Reuters Foundation asked about 100 people in Britain, Italy, the United States, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, India, Thailand, Brazil and ...

In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths with seven killed in the past two months, ...

About a quarter of the world's population faces severe water shortages exacerbated by climate change - and with that is coming conflict, social unrest and migration BOGOTA, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters ...

BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank launched a pilot for a digital payment system in July 2019, its aim was to increase financial inclusion in the country and ...

Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalise slavery LONDON, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Slavery ...

A foreign labourer looks into the camera at a construction site in Dubai May 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) From beatings to unpaid wages, migrant workers face regular ...

As energy demand grows, with much of it still met from fossil fuels, emissions from building operations hit an all-time high in 2019 ROME, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Planet-warming carbon ...

Most countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, with North Korea ranked worst in the world LONDON, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 percent of countries ...

C40 network of mayors said filling up buses and trains that were emptied by the COVID-19 crisis can help cities revitalise their economy and tackle climate change LONDON, March 30 (Thomson Reuters ...

BOGOTA, April 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombia's highest court has told the government it must take urgent action to protect its Amazon rainforest and stem rising deforestation, in what ...