A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights, and gender equality. While international ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, was arrested in the US over alleged Hamas ties. His ...

The Belmont-Devilliers Street Market is planned as neighborhood version of Gallery Night, a once-a-month street fair and ...

BBC News Persian TV is celebrating this year’s Nowruz… Nowruz is the festival of the spring equinox, marking the beginning of ...

The BBC Persian’s Nowruz show will delight viewers with Shohreh Aghdashloo’s reading from the classical poet Hafez – an ...

Stanley, who lives in North Potomac, is the highest ranked under-17 member of the USA Table Tennis National Team, which he ...

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Rahmani worked for a U.S.-backed organization in Kabul, which put him at risk of Taliban retribution. Now, the father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost ...

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along ...

Worth-Nelson Violinist William Harvey, featured performer at the FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday, March 15 ...

Best-selling author, explorer and TV presenter Levison Wood is set to embark on an exciting new tour this spring - Walking ...