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Lahore in Pakistan has been listed as the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according to a global survey.
Rights lawyers have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes by the Turkish government in their crackdown of opponents.
Muslim-majority Malaysia, the ultimate destination, is seen as a safe place for Rohingya fleeing persecution.
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Qatar's Labour Minister Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri has rejected calls for a new compensation fund for migrant workers killed and injured, saying there are already mechanisms in place for compensation.
The Lebanese NGO that investigated the women's deaths says that authorities were mostly uncooperative.
A report by an organisation that works to support migrant workers in the Gulf states found that all but one of the 469 women from Sierra Leone they interviewed in Oman had been victims of human trafficking.
Jordan's House of Representatives has passed a draft law approving six-month jail terms for anyone attempting suicide, in addition to a fine of 100 Jordanian dinars.
The UN has appealed for $943 million to cope with the Rohingya humanitarian crisis amid mounting fears that a Covid-19 outbreak in South Asia could reach refugee camps before vaccines do.
The UNHCR and Amnesty International are urging regional authorities to rescue the Rohingya refugees.
Survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia. The boat, crammed with over 90 passengers, left the Libyan port of Zuwara on Sunday.