A woman in the Iranian city of Mashhad has become the latest victim of Iran's longest standing and most unconventional war -- the war against fun.
Vasyl Shklyar is the author of "Black Raven," a novel about the frequently overlooked anti-Bolshevik Ukrainian resistance of the 1920s. His novel was selected for the Shevchenko Prize, a top honor in Ukraine. But in March Shklyar declined the award and the accompanying $32,000 prize money to protest what critics describe as the "Ukrainophobic" policies of Education Ministry Dmytro Tabachnyk. Contributor Brian Spadora interviewed Shklyar while the writer toured the United States to raise funds for a film adaptation of his novel.
A strange thing is happening to terrorist groups in Pakistan. They keep fragmenting into smaller bands.
When David Hallberg becomes the first American in history to leap onto the Bolshoi Ballet stage in November, he will do so with echoes of Soviet defectors in the background and a chance to leave his mark on one of the jewels of Russian culture.
The lawyer of Yusef Naderkhani, an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy, says there is a good chance his client will be acquitted.
As ties between the United States and Pakistan continue to sour, speculation is mounting that Uzbekistan may become a new ally of convenience in the U.S. war on terror. Is Washington willing to overlook Islam Karimov's record on torture and child labor?
All eyes were on Germany today as its lower house of parliament voted to expand the eurozone rescue fund. That move won't dampen the spirits of one German professor, however, who's on a mission to stop Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The road for former Yugoslavia's war criminals ends here, at "The Hague Hilton." In this section of the international war crimes detention center in Scheveningen, 40 or so accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia live in remarkable harmony and comfort awaiting trial or sentencing.
Former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad believes the U.S. relationship with Pakistan "has entered a very sensitive period" in recent months over the issue of Afghanistan.
In the 20 years since the Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union became independent, the influence of the Russian language has been declining in these countries.
Pakistani reality TV star Veena Malik is used to improvising on stage. But even she was unprepared for the surprise guest who joined her on television earlier this year: a religious cleric eager to criticize her career. The debate that followed made Pakistani television history.
Kazakhstan is about to adopt a new law on religion, which stipulates strict control over the activities of religious institutions. The bill was hurriedly drafted after the country witnessed several terrorist attacks this year -- including its first known suicide bombing -- blamed on underground Islamic groups. The draft law is seen by many as Astana's response to what officials call a growing threat of religious extremism in Kazakhstan. But it has its critics.
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