Paintings for sale in the street in Havana, Cuba, in April 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) By Pascal Fletcher In the early summer of 1999, I was summoned for an interview with one of Cuba’s top economic officials, then External Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz....
Mindy Tan visited North Korea recently. The Singapore-based photographer has given us glimpses of life in one of the world’s most secretive countries. A street in Pyongyang Free, state-owned public housing A street in Pyongyang Bus stop in Pyongyang at rush hour...
By James Herlan On June 17 the world was shocked by the brutal shooting of nine African-Americans who were attending a prayer meeting at their church in the U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina. Charged with the gruesome crime was Dylann Roof, an avowed white...
By Nelson Graves The Unites States enjoys broad global support for its military efforts against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, but its post-9/11 interrogation methods that many consider torture are widely criticized. Globally, U.S. President Barack Obama...
image buach image skyline image temple img 2984 img 2985 By Robert Conner It is a busy Saturday at Chatuchak Market in downtown Bangkok. Food stalls and handicrafts line streets crowded with Thais and foreign tourists. Street performers sing and dance, weaving between...
By Jonathan Lyons Instability across the heart of the Muslim world underscores an undeniable fact of modern life: religion matters as much today as it did more than 1,300 years ago during the formative period of Islam. The upheavals introduced by the U.S. invasion of...
“Caught in a bad romance…” Lady Gaga’s hit song fits the strained relationship between Europe and Turkey. Musicians wearing Ottoman-era uniforms commemorate the anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by Ottoman Turks, May 30, 2015, ahead of general elections. (AP...
As an American in Tehran, I was reminded that most everyone is already in Iran keen to do business, everyone except Americans. (All photos by Dick Simon) As one of the only Americans in the largest international hotel in Tehran, I was reminded that most everyone is...
By Janet Guttsman If the Canadian province of Alberta were part of the United States, it would be what U.S. locals call a “red state.” That means a U.S. state that consistently elects the right-of-center Republican party, dislikes big government, believes firmly in...
At 240 million people, it is home to the world’s fourth largest population. It’s also the third most populous democracy after India and the United States. It has by far the world’s biggest Muslim population but has always rejected attempts to create an Islamic state....