Meeting in Scotland four years ago, Group of Eight (G8) leaders promised to double aid to Africa by 2010. But rich countries have fallen behind on their pledges, as the global economic crisis squeezes their national budgets. The crisis has also pushed some 100 million people in developing coun...
Despite warnings from Iranian authorities, including the governor of Tehran, hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the capital to mark the anniversary of the 1999 student uprising and to protest against the results of the June presidential vote. Protesters chanting “Allah Akbar...
They call Malik Nyaz "spin giray" -- meaning greybeard in Pashto -- for his old age and wisdom. Nyaz can often be found sitting on jirgas, or local councils, mediating money squabbles, complex disputes over land ownership, or long-running feuds among families and clans. A few ye...
"A lot of us don’t know where Iran is going,” said Farideh Farhi, a professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and former scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. But she added that the events of the last three weeks represent “the most significant incident...
The global Aids conference has opened in Mexico with an appeal for the world not to waver in fighting a disease that has claimed more than 25 million lives and placed 33 million others under its shadow. "Aids is the most complex, the most challenging and probably the most demanding infectiou...