Nepal has one of the world's highest rates of cataracts and subsequent blindness, with devastating consequences for the country's poor subsistence farmers. But one surgeon has been working to change that, running treatment camps for years in remote parts of the country. Now, with fresh funding from an ex-convict-turned-tech multimillionaire, he's able to perform the life-changing surgery on ever more people and has ambitious plans. We take a closer look.
Meanwhile, India's biggest minority finds little reasons to celebrate. Muslims are marking the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha amid a crackdown. Under the Hindu nationalist ruling party, the BJP, Islamophobia is on the rise. Our correspondents report.
Also, more than two decades after they blew up the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan statues, the Taliban are now opening the site in central Afghanistan to tourists, according to The Washington Post. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto tells us more.
Finally, pro-democracy activists in Thailand are impatient. After defeating the military establishment in May's elections, they are racing to galvanise support before parliament elects the next prime minister. Our team on the ground reports.
