STORY: 65-year-old Indian Shahid Parvez comes from a large Muslim family of five brothers and one sister. He says he and his siblings suffered on all fronts as a result, including lack of education.

NEW DELHI/MORADABAD, India (Reuters) - Syed Mohammed Talha says he is proud that his seven-year-old daughter attends a prestigious Montessori school in India’s national capital region. The school is ...

China is subjecting hundreds of thousands of women to forced birth control methods — or even mandatory abortions — as part of the government’s campaign to slash birth rates among the predominantly ...