Ukraine Girls Really Knock Me Out: Women Playing Crucial Roles In Euro-Maidan Protests
Almost one-half (47 percent) of Maidan protesters have been women, who are also using social media to promote their cause.
Ukraine Maidan: An Unlikely Love Story Arises From The Chaos And Protests In Kiev
The Ukrainian 'Romeo and Juliet' later went on a date and fell in love.
Japan Dropped Nuclear Bomb On U.S. In World War II, Pakistan’s Real Name is ‘Islamic Islamabad’: Indian Textbook
The faulty textbooks are being used by more than 50,000 children in scores of schools across the state.
Unfriendly Fire: Indian Soldier Kills 5 Colleagues In Kashmir, Then Himself
Pakistan and India both claim Kashmir in its entirety, and both countries have stationed tens of thousands of troops in the region.
Ukraine Maidan: Tatars In Crimea Caught In a Complex Conflict With Ethnic Russians And Ukrainians
The Tatars, a Turkic people and predominantly Muslim, ruled the Crimean peninsula before the Russian conquest.
Shattered Glass Ceiling: Indian Female Executives Thriving In Banking Industry, But Ordinary Women Need Greater Access To Loans
State-owned banks headed by women control 45 percent of all of India's public sector bank deposits and 50 percent of all loans.
Palestinian Man Reaches 125th Birthday; Despite Poverty, Displacement And Violence, Arabs In Gaza, West Bank Have Long Lives
Al Toum was born in 1889 when the decaying Ottoman Empire ruled much of the Middle East.
Sunni Side Up: Saudi Arabia Seeking To Acquire Arms From Pakistan To Supply Syrian Rebels
Pakistan manufactures shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, called Anza, which are based on a Chinese model.
Turkey Denies Pakistani Media Report Of Taliban Office Opening In Ankara
In the past, Turkey has said it might be willing to establish an office for the Taliban.
Medical Leave: Romanian Doctors Fleeing Poor Pay, Corruption For Western Europe
One of the factors behind this mass exodus relates to poor pay.
Shamrock Crescent: Islam Is Ireland’s Fastest Growing Religion
Muslims are projected to replace Protestantism as the second-most popular religion by the year 2043.
Helping The Help: Saudi Arabia Moves To Improve Rights And Protection Of Indonesian Domestic Workers
Indonesia imposed a moratorium on sending more workers to the royal kingdom in August 2011.
Euromaidan: Actually, Ukraine Has Far Deeper Problems Than Street Protests; It’s Running Out Of Men
Ukraine has a deficit of almost 3.6 million men – with the average life expectancy for men now 62 years, a dozen years less than the corresponding figure for women.
Martian Chronicles: Muslim Clerics Forbid Followers From Travelling To Red Planet
A Dutch company called Mars One asked for volunteers to fly to the planet and even live there in a permanent colony.
Swara: The Horrors Of Marrying Off Young Girls In Pakistan To Older Men To Settle Debts And Disputes
Under Pakistani law, swara is illegal.
Euromaidan: The Dark Shadows Of The Far-Right In Ukraine Protests
Svoboda, an extreme right-wing political party, has representation in parliament and has been dubbed by its critics as a neo-Nazi organization.
The Golden Mile: Could Leicester, The Most Ethnically Diverse Place In Britain, Become UK’s First Asian-Majority City?
Leicester has the highest proportion of Indians or British Asians anywhere in the country.
Barney Miller: Forty Years Later, The Most Intelligent, Literate US Sitcom Ever
Barney Miller became a much admired and cherished piece of television history as one of the most intelligent and literate programs ever broadcast
Banglastan: Do Hindus Have A Future In Bangladesh?
Prior to the 1971 war, Hindus comprised almost one-third (30 percent) of the population of what was then called East Pakistan.
Why Are So Many Vietnamese People Named Nguyen?
Nguyen is the most common surname in Vietnam -- an estimated 40 percent of people in the country (and the Vietnamese diaspora) carry that name.
Taka To Dhaka: Cash Remittances From Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Keep Declining
The central bank projected that remittances will fall 4 percent for the whole fiscal year.
Pakistan's Hindus Outraged Over Forced Conversions Of Young Girls To Islam
The problems faced by Pakistan's minorities are "multiplying instead of decreasing".
High-Profile Indian Journalist Charged With Rape: Is Tarun Tejpal Victim Of A Conspiracy?
Tejpal, 50, is an “influential journalist” with a “reputation for taking on the powerful.”
Kenya Seeks To Cut HIV-AIDS Transmission Through Massive Condom Distribution
About 9.1 percent of married couples have HIV/AIDS, well above the national rate of 5.6 percent.
The Last (Porno) Picture Show: Militants Attack Cinemas In Peshawar, Pakistan, Killing Dozens
The Pakistani Taliban denied involvement in the bomb attacks and even condemned them.
Valentine’s Day 2014: A Culture War In Malaysia Pitting Conservative Muslim Malays Against Chinese
The opposition to the holiday is so intense that three years ago, police arrested almost 100 Muslims on Valentine’s Day.
Valentine's Day 2014: Schools In Kyrgyzstan City Ban Love-Themed Holiday
A number of other Muslim or Muslim-dominated nations, including Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, have already banned the holiday.
Nido Tania: Was Killing Of Student In Delhi A Hate Crime?
Protesters want the government and broader public to become more aware of the discrimination that northeasterners face.
We Have 500 Female Suicide Bombers Ready To Strike: Pakistan Taliban
Aziz boasted that TTP is better prepared to fight than the state and is ready for a long war.
Aliyah: Tribe Of 'Lost Jews' In Northeastern India Seek To Migrate To Israel
Bnei Menashe think they are descended from the Menasseh tribe, who departed Israel in the eighth century B.C. after the Assyrians invaded.
