Among the victims of the Syrian uprising are a number of western journalists, the only independent witnesses remaining in the besieged city. Their plight was highlighted after the renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin, 56, and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were both killed when a rocket hit their makeshift media center in the middle of Homs last week.
Oliver Tree
Feb 29, 2012
A group of young, semi-clad Ukrainian women gate crashed into the Indian embassy in Ukraine's capital Kiev last month, tore down the Indian flag and threw it on the ground.
Jijo Jacob
Feb 19, 2012
On Tuesday, Feb. 14, police in Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya and other parts of the country raided a number of hotels and arrested more than 80 people for being alone with a member of the opposite sex.
Daniel Tovrov
Feb 14, 2012
Russia faced a barrage of condemnations after it joined China over the weekend in vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step aside, but Russia has stood resolutely behind its decision. Why?
Jeremy White
Feb 09, 2012
Around 1,400 workers at Centerra Gold's flagship mine in Kyrgyzstan went on strike on Tuesday, a trade union leader said, halting production that contributes nearly 12 percent of GDP in the Central Asian republic.
Mike Obel
Feb 07, 2012
There are up to 3,500 sex workers from the former Soviet Union plying their trade in New Delhi alone.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 04, 2012
Apparently Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister and former prime minister, is having some sleepless nights. Should Israel preemptively strike Iran?
Walt Osterman
Jan 31, 2012
Kyrgyzstan prisoners sewed their lips together to protest poor prison conditions. Prison authorities blame strike on criminal gang leaders.
Erica Chang
Jan 25, 2012
South African miner Gold Fields has signed an agreement with Kyrgyz villagers that will enable it to resume drilling at a prospective copper deposit three months after an arson attack by horsemen on its geologist camp.
Mike Obel
Jan 12, 2012
Uzbekistan is using torture -- both physical and psychological – on prisoners.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 13, 2011
Centerra Gold Inc. resumed shipping diesel fuel and other supplies from the Kumtor marshalling yard in Kyrgyzstan to Kumtor mine after the voluntary lifting of the previously announced roadblock, the company said Tuesday.
Mike Obel
Dec 06, 2011
In a rare peaceful transition of presidential power, Kyrgyzstan inaugurated a new president Thursday, marking the first time the former Soviet Central Asian nation chose a successor through votes at the ballot box, not the streets.
Elisha Maldonado
Dec 01, 2011
Can you imagine spending $2 million on a trailer? This list of oddly expensive places is sure to surprise.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 11, 2011
Putin and Gilani also reportedly discussed other important topics, including battling against terrorism and extremism.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 07, 2011
Kyrgyzstan's Russian-backed prime minister was poised to become president of the strategically important former Soviet republic Monday, with nearly all votes counted in an election set to be disputed by disgruntled rival candidates.
Eric Linton
Oct 31, 2011
The Eurasian Development Bank, a state-run joint venture between six former Soviet republics, has agreed to lend about $100 million to a Kazakh gold miner to help boost output of the precious metal in the Central Asian country.
Mike Obel
Oct 25, 2011
Such a union, Putin indicated, would be designed to help member states in coordinating currency and economic policies.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 19, 2011
Violence and the threat of worse violence has idled a major gold exploration project in a highly prospective area of the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan.
Mike Obel
Oct 13, 2011
A mob of horsemen armed with sticks and petrol bombs attacked an exploration camp run by South African miner Gold Fields' joint venture in Kyrgyzstan, the latest in a series of assaults on mining companies in the Central Asian state.
Mike Obel
Oct 10, 2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed forming a Eurasian Union out of the former Soviet nations, saying it could become a global economic power to rival Asia, America, and Western Europe.
Melanie Jones
Oct 04, 2011
Chinese gold miner and smelter Lingbao Gold Co. Ltd. said it would apply to issue up to 300 million Shanghai-listed A-shares to expand its business and repay debt.
Mike Obel
Oct 03, 2011
Kyrgyzstan launched its second foreign-run gold mine on Wednesday after the Chinese owners settled a dispute with local residents, raising hopes that bigger projects could follow in the Central Asian state.
Mike Obel
Sep 21, 2011
