Bangladeshi labourers in the country’s vast garment industry demanding a higher minimum wage have in recent months encountered fierce retaliation from factory owners and authorities, with 65 garment industry workers jailed and more than 11,000 sacked.

A decade ago, the global recession created a maritime car park of ghost ships in the Singapore Strait. Now there’s a similar stockpiling of ships, but it’s more like a traffic jam, created by burgeoning demand

Scientology is a 'prison of beliefs,' based on a 'toxic world view' in which pregnant Sea-Org members are isolated, punished and pushed into having abortions and victims of sexual assault are blamed for their suffering. These are just some of the claims made today by a former member of Scientology's elite 'clergy' the Sea Org who fled the church just four months ago. In an exclusive interview, Bree Mood, 27, has told how she was indoctrinated into the church at the age of seven

Walking around New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, people are still angry at the impact of Hurricane Katrina and how unprepared the city was for the massive storm nearly 13 years on. But now some of their wrath is directed at Brad Pitt and his charity Make It Right. After the levees of the city's industrial canal were breached, the Lower Ninth Ward of predominantly black and low-income families was decimated by the floods, with most houses swept away or left in ruins.

Muhammad Ali Junior expected to inherit £4million after the boxing legend’s death, aged 74, in 2016, but has been living off handouts

A £40 million mansion home left to rot for 33 years by a friend of Robert Mugabe remains dilapidated two years after he slammed 'peasants' who complained about its condition. The Hamilton Palace property and grounds is set amidst rows of lush trees and resplendent greenery, and but has been dubbed the Ghost House of Sussex by disgruntled locals. Notorious slum landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten - who is a personal friend of ex-Zimbabwean despot Robert Mugabe - has been building the £40 million

A former member of the Church of Scientology has claimed she was forced to work under 'horrific conditions' while catering to church leader David Miscavige and Tom Cruise. Valeska Paris, 40, was a messenger at the church's headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, where she says she got a rare glimpse into the lives of high level Scientologists including Miscavige, the chairman of the board (COB) and his now reclusive wife, Shelly. There, she was tasked with ironing Miscavige's clothes, making his coffee, and cleaning the bedrooms of other elite members.

“I’VE seen two workers get killed and three injured by a piece of iron on a ship,” says Muhammed, who has worked for 10 years at the world’s most dangerous shipyard, Gadani, in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. “The workers weren’t aware of the dangling iron, as they were resting after doing some hard work in the yard, and all of a sudden that piece smashed into them.”

A former security guard for the Church of Scientology has revealed the behind-the-scenes rivalry between the church's most high-profile members and how he was allegedly brutally punished for speaking to them. Working at its global headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, Brendan Tighe, 37, had an unrivaled view of 'Scientology VIPs' Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta. A Scientologist for 30 years, he has given DailyMail.com his experiences and observations about the celebrity culture within the Church

Will Donald Trump manage to cut a deal with Kim Jong-un? North Korean defectors aren’t holding their breath. Seoul’s Teach North Korean Refugees has taught 350 escapees language skills and supported them with jobs, scholarships and college placements

David Weber didn't celebrate when he was told that his half-brother Edmund Kemper had been denied parole last month. He just breathed a sigh of relief. For over 40 years, Kemper's relatives have been living in fear that one of America's most notorious serial killers might be released from prison and come after them. Speaking publicly for the first time, David Weber - a name he uses to protect his identity - tells DailyMail.com: 'He has this control over the family, and there's still anger over

When the Winter Olympic Games begin this week in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, there will be a small, little known area of the country cheering for bitter rivals in the North. Gyodong Island is South Korea’s closest and most accessible border area to hermit nation North Korea, with just a two mile sliver of the Yellow Sea and a fence between them.

Asian garment factories are struggling to keep up with the relentless global appetite for cheap clothes, but Tuomo Poutiainen is convinced that sweatshops will soon be a thing of the past. “In 10 years, the time of sweatshops will be over,” says Poutiainen, a United Nations expert on the industry. “There is so much attention and visibility on this subject. Transparency means there’s no space for sweatshops and substandard conditions, there’s plenty of eyes to report them. Twenty years ago it was easy to hide in these situations.”

We’re waiting for the arrival of “Hawker Chan”, as he’s known in the game, and his operations manager Daniel Wee rattles off the number of food stalls they’ve opened in the past two years. “We’ve now three in Singapore, 11 outlets worldwide including the Philippines, Melbourne, Taiwan, Bangkok, and we’re opening soon in Kazakhstan.”

US immigrant Ted Ngoy built a dynasty of flour and sugar that changed the fate of hundreds of his fellow countrymen seeking a better life. A sudden addiction took it all away, but it left him all the wiser decades later

The last of Scientology's top-secret bases have been revealed to be located in an eerie Northern California outpost, a deserted Midwest ranch, and the former home of late Dallas star Larry Hagman. The controversial church’s real estate arm purchased the party animal actor's Ojai home in 2014 for $5 million. The 43 acres of land, with an estate that boasted nine-bedrooms, ten bathrooms, and an outdoor pool, now stands as a $30,000-a-month rehab facility for the stars.

The first boy kissed by Meghan Markle grew up to be a famous rapper who stars on TV with James Corden, MailOnline can reveal. In a little-known interview with chat show host Larry King the former Suits star told how she had smooched with her first crush Joshua Silverstein when she was a starry-eyed teenager. 'Joshua Silverstein. I was 13, it was a summer camp and I kissed him!' Meghan recalled.

LOOKING wistfully around at the surroundings, a strange mix of marshland and random high-rise buildings, Shim Jong-rae shakes his head, echoing the sentiment of many residents: “It’s a ghost town.” For more than a decade, urban planners have been studying the construction of Songdo, South Korea, the world’s first Smart City. Built within 25 miles of Seoul, it was to be the antithesis of the suffocating, overpopulated capital. A new way of thinking for more than 300,000 residents, spread out over 600 hectares of reclaimed land from the Yellow Sea.

Fancy a pair of alligator skin, gold plated Giuseppe Zanotti $14,000 trainers? No problem. Don’t like your Rolex watch anymore? Just pour a whole bottle of expensive champagne all over it in front of your mates in a nightclub. Welcome to the rich kids of Zimbabwe, where silver plated Rolls-Royces and private jets lined in gold are just the norm - and showing off your tens of millions are essential social media viewing.