In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of ...

New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the ...

China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The ...

The US has expanded its visa bond list, now requiring bonds from 38 countries, nearly tripling the total. Here's the full ...

Turkmenistan has officially legalized mining and exchanging cryptocurrency, marking a major shift for its tightly-controlled economy. Signed on Thursday by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the legisla ...

Afghanistan's disaster management agency says the season’s first heavy rain and snowfall has ended a prolonged dry spell but ...

The TTP’s growing attacks in Pakistan from sanctuaries in Afghanistan led to serious frictions with Kabul. Attacks by Baloch ...

Queen Creek may not be the first name that comes to mind when people think of Arizona, but its booming growth has started to attract national attention. The suburb 45 minutes southeast of Phoenix ...

ASHGABAT, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's president hinted at possible political reforms on Friday ahead of a rare international meeting he is hosting with the attendance of counterparts from Russia ...

Minnesota hosts the nation’s largest Somali population, the result of decades of refugee resettlements and growing American-born families. Beginning in 1993, hundreds and then thousands of Somali ...

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More than 80 per cent of people worldwide now live in towns and cities, according to a major United Nations report, and this figure is set to rise further, underscoring the need to ensure urban areas ...