Central Asia
Saving Herder Dogs On the Steppes
The large stray with a lion-like mane and fur curled into dreadlocks looked no different from the mangy mutts roaming...
Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN...
Strong Export Demand To Lift Asian Economies
Surging global demand for Asian exports and low oil prices will help China and the region's developing economies grow...
Study Throws Dog Domestication Theories To the Wolves
From the tiny chihuahua to the massive Saint Bernard, domestic dogs today trace their roots to a single group of wolves...
In China, High Security For Off-Road Race
Dozens of police officers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles guard the camp of an international...
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one...
Life After Sexual Slavery In Afghanistan
Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabul's underground bacha bazi, or...
World Poverty Could Be Cut In Half If…
A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed...
Morgue Workers In Tanzania Jailed For Stealing Drugs From Corpse’s…
Tanzanian police said Saturday that they had arrested two morgue employees in Dar es Salaam after they admitted to...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...
Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much...
Pakistan Buzkashi Game Faces Final Whistle
In a remote northern Pakistani valley surrounded by giant ice-capped peaks, villagers gather to watch a game of...
Fishing With Guns On A Lake Under Threat In Kenya
The beach looks ready for war: in the sparse lakeshore shade hundreds wait, sweaty from the heat, weapons at their...
IMF Says Fiscal Reform Moving Gulf In ‘right Direction’
Oil-exporting Arab states of the Gulf are heading "in the right direction" to plug budgetary gaps thanks to fiscal...
US Service Member Killed In Blast Near Iraqi City of Mosul
A US service member has died from wounds sustained in the blast Saturday of an explosive device outside the Iraqi city...
Akufo-Addo Slams British Airways For ‘poor’ Service In Ghana
British Airways has come under fire from the new president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the way it treats...
Akufo-Addo Slams British Airways For Poor Service In Ghana
British Airways has come under fire from the new president of Ghana for the way it treats customers. In a major...
“Give Us Quality Service” -Akufo-Addo To British Airways
President Akufo-Addo, has urged British Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, to upgrade the quality of the...
Upgrade Quality of Services To Ghana – Akufo-Addo Admonishes British Airways
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged British Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, to upgrade the...