An iconic seaside shantytown made famous in the 'Despacito' music video nestled along Puerto Rico’s historic district is ...

A-List advisor Rumit Mehta shares the best lesser-known parks in India for striking, crowd-free safaris where visitors can spot tigers, snow leopards, and more.

Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor from Titagarh town municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was arrested on Monday, hours after a bomb went off in his flat in a ...

A large fire destroyed hundreds of homes in a shanty town area in Manila in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The beautiful European capital city loved by Brits home to a 4,500-strong shanty town This shanty town makes up the largest illegal settlement in a European city.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced an ambitious aid plan for Mayotte on Monday after a devastating cyclone killed at least 39 and left thousands injured in the overseas territory ...

A major fire, which broke out in a slum at Topsia area in east Kolkata on Friday afternoon, reduced a significant portion of the shanty town, comprising nearly 150 dwellings, to ashes, an official ...

The task of rescue and information gathering has been a major challenge in disaster-prone areas such as shanty towns, where a high density of population are served by poor infrastructure. Inefficient ...

Syeda X, a poor migrant woman living in shanty towns that skirt India’s capital Delhi, struggled through more than 50 jobs in 30 years. She trimmed jeans threads, cooked savouries, shelled ...

By Saman Indrajith The government’s decision to give two million farming families freehold land deeds will lead to shanty towns popping up in most major towns in Sri Lanka, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU ...