English is the top language residents want to learn in seven countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. The language ...

but also reflects a longstanding desire by successive Afghan governments to displace the Persian language. Visit Uzbekistan and you’ll see a variety of alphabets used, a product of the country ...

In Central Asia, Russian is still the language of education, science, services, and, often, official paperwork. And many parents still believe that their children have better chances of succeeding ...

Scholars recognize three major dialect divisions of Persian: Farsi, or the Persian of Iran, Dari Persian of Afghanistan, and Tajik, a variant spoken Tajikistan in Central Asia ...

The Beacon spoke with Dominik Dobesberger, Aruzhan Mukhanova, Nmachukwu Ukaegbu, Anna Singley, Ainara Luque-Garcia, Meng ...

The Central Asia region is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly those related to water scarcity, land degradation and natural disasters (droughts, floods, mudslides). With a ...

‘In a masterful work of history and historiography, Morrison demolishes the ‘Great Game' story of Russia's expansion, so entrenched in English language scholarship. His long-duree account of Russia's ...

This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

The water starved region of Central Asia is facing another threat to its beleaguered water supply -- the construction of a massive canal by the Taliban across the border in Afghanistan.

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 ...

With the stakes high, the Kremlin will no doubt be expecting its energy-strapped partners in Central Asia to play ball ... and smoother than elsewhere -- no language barrier, institutional ...