Tirana, Albania: With feathers on its head that make it look like it is wearing a wig, it does not go unnoticed --...
Tirana, Albania: With feathers on its head that make it look like it is wearing a wig, it does not go unnoticed --...
Kabul, Afghanistan: Cheap, Chinese-made nylon burkas are flooding Afghanistan's north as consumers turn to affordable, mass-produced fabrics -- but in Kabul a small,...
YANBIAN, China: I sat on a metal bench, the chill seeping through my down jacket, as a Chinese government official towered above me,...
Brooklyn may claim the popularity contest, but Manhattan’s still home to the city’s highest earners. That’s the upshot from a Bloomberg analysis of...
KABUL: Sales of Afghanistan's ancient carpet-weaving industry have dropped by half in the past year as war with Taliban militants heats up and...
Seoul, South Korea: A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for...
LONDON: It will be friends and family, rather than politicians and world leaders, at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding next month. Kensington...
Tokyo: Masazo Nonaka from Japan was recognised Tuesday as the world's oldest man at the ripe old age of 112, as his family...
Cannes, France: He is worshipped as a saint in thousands of Vietnamese temples, held up as a prophet of European unity and a...
BANGKOK: Business is booming for Siri Seatea's traditional dress shop in Bangkok. "Out of the 30 years I've been running this shop, this...
MARMUL DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN: In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created...
TOKYO: A woman mayor in western Japan protested sumo's male-only rules Friday in a speech she was forced to make outside of the...
Zagreb: A Croatian man walked 200 kilometres (130 miles) carrying a heavy wooden cross on his back to protest the country purchasing military...
Sarajevo: Even if few can understand their lyrics, including the band members themselves, Bosnian rock fans have taken a new local group that...
NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn.: What makes a grown woman cross an ocean and sleep for three nights on the street in a "pink princess...
KERBALA: A small group of Iraqis including a soldier who fought in the civil war have turned to model making to deal with...
Tokyo: A relaxing soak in a hot tub is a time-honoured stress reliever but the advantages are not confined to humans -- with...
Paris: Neanderthals had large, protruding noses to warm and humidify cold, dry air, a study into the distinct design of our extinct European...
