The giant waves that engulfed the impoverished province on the northern tip of Sumatra island on December 26, 2004, killing tens of thousands, paved the way for an end to three decades of conflict.

Maryam Halimi, a resident of the impoverished province, founded Nahad-i-Koodak (Children's Institution) two years ago. It offers education to child labourers and dropouts. Children from working ...

came amid widespread resentment in Baluchistan of foreign actors — notably China — seen as exploiting the impoverished province at the behest of the state. The BLA is the most active militant ...

Sistan-Baluchistan borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, and is one of the most impoverished provinces in the Islamic republic. It is home to a large number of the Baluch minority, an ethnic group ...

Sistan-Baluchistan borders both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is one of Iran's most impoverished provinces. It is one of the few mainly Sunni Muslim provinces in Shia-dominated Iran. For years it ...