The month of Muharram, sacred to Muslims, also holds deep significance for the Hussaini Brahmins—a Hindu community with ...

Shervin Alenabi, Jonathan Zaccaï, Thibault Evrard, Vassilis Kukalani, Jeanne Goursaud, Gianmarco Saurino, Valentina Cervi, ...

Afghanistan experienced three main periods of deflation, with the lastest being the longest. This paper investigates the macroeconomic factors influencing inflation dynamics in the short and long run, ...

The Estonian Song Celebration (Laulupidu) is a cultural phenomenon that, every five years, unites a vast choir for a single ...

Back in 1984, Steve McCurry took a photograph of a young girl in Pakistan. The photo of the Afghan refugee went on to become ...

A small town in the mountainous area at the border of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces is a place that witnessed a turning point ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

The fraught relationship between the U.S. and Iran isn't new. U.S. involvement in, and conflict with, Iran is complicated and ...

In Afghanistan, the rapid turnover of ambassadors and generals, along with the deployment of a new division every year or two, was the antithesis of building a learning organization.

In 2022, after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained power, Afghans reported an average life satisfaction of 1.28 on a scale from 0 to 10—or from the worst possible life ...

What is the history between India and Pakistan? When Britain granted India independence, the country was split in two intendent states, India and Pakistan, predominantly along Hindu and Muslim lines.

After years of fighting, Afghanistan's women's cricket team has now won support from the sport's governing body. One exiled player told DW this marks a significant leap in a long, grueling battle.