For a long time Central Asia’s most volatile frontier has played host to deadly clashes. But in mid-March Sadyr Japarov, ...

The roots of Western relations with the Middle East trace back to the colonial era, when European powers sought to control the region’s resources. Over time, Western policies have exacerbated existing ...

There have been at least 159,022,000 reported infections and 1,442,000 reported deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in Asia and the Middle East so far. Of every 100 infections last reported ...

Iran, once the heart of the great Persian Empire, sits in southwestern Asia, bordered to its east by Afghanistan and to its west by Iraq. Iran has one of the largest economies in the Middle East ...

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