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The central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is known for its spectacular mosques, vast fields of cotton and immense natural gas reserves.It's also one of the…

The Philippines is in the midst of a spectacularly brutal war on drugs. The man behind it is the President Rodrigo Duterte, who took office June 30. In…

A key pillar of President Barack Obama's foreign policy has been the attempted "pivot to Asia."The idea was that under President Bush, the U.S. expended…

The Islamic State’s attacks in Europe earlier this year made headlines around the world. But there’s another terrorist group that by some estimates has…

One of the hardest regions of the globe to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is the Arab world. In Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the punishment for the…

When you think of humanitarian crises, they’re usually caused by war or some natural disaster like a drought or earthquake. But in Venezuela today…

Thailand is the world's third-largest exporter of seafood, shipping shrimp, tuna and other fish to supermarket chains and pet food companies in the U.S.…

Picture a city of about 300,000 people - something the size of Tampa, Fla. or Riverside, Calif.Now picture all of those people in this city being told…

Women's rights and opportunities have improved in Afghanistan over the past 15 years after the ouster of the Taliban. They're no longer required to wear…

The attempted military coup against Turkey's democratically-elected government last month was plenty alarming.But what's happened in the country since has…