Twelve United Nations agencies have taken the unprecedented step of making a joint statement to push states to protect the...
Beard-banning — a fantasy for many in hipster-fatigued New York City, but in some countries, the mortal threat to facial...
They are walking through deep mud, heads stooped in concentration. On their backs rest large wooden boxes, strapped to their...
A new BBC Our World documentary tells the shocking story of Farkhunda Malikzada, a young Afghan woman who was lynched in...
“Hordes. Marauding. Floods. Swarms. Boat People”. An observer seeing photos of desperate Syrians arriving on the beaches of southern Greece might...
On July 31st the city of Almaty, in eastern Kazakhstan, quietly mourned. Across the border in China, Beijing celebrated: earlier...
Kyrgyzstan used to be a reliable US ally in Central Asia. That ceased being the case earlier this month, when...
Spying in Central Asia was once reserved for shadowy figures bugging apartments to deliver intelligence to Moscow. But the post-Soviet...