From 1995 to 2002, the global economy was struck successively by crises that developed in Mexico, countries in Southeast Asia, Russia, Argentina, and Turkey. ..…

The end of Turkey's state of emergency should have been good sign for human rights, and the law makes clear that the government's plan is to end it in name, said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia at Human Rights Watch.. The government should scrap this law restore human rights and the rule..…

All four countries with Buddhism as the favored religion – Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Mongolia and Sri Lanka – are in the Asia-Pacific region. Three countries – Sudan, Syria and Turkey – favor Islam but do not declare it as the state religion. . ..…

Jubouri said many Turkmen members of Daesh have managed to mingle with the population and fled to neighboring Turkey, noting that the remaining militants Mosul come from Turkey, the Caucasus and Southeast Asia.. ..…

The Middle East includes Southwest Asia from Iran and westward to Turkey and Cyprus plus countries in North Africa. ..…

In January Trotsky was exiled to Central Asia from where, the following year, he would be expelled to Turkey and eventually end up in Mexico, where he would be murdered by a Stalinist agent. ..…

Many of the countries surveyed in Central Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe share a history of separating religion and the state. The policies of modern Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for example, emphasized the creation of a secular government; other countries in..…

China commands overwhelming influence with the Central Asian regimes, who have provided it with a transport and trade door opening into Russia, Turkey, and the Caucasus. . Will China take a responsible part in both Central Asia and Afghanistan in the years ahead, contributing its diplomatic..…

Ten of the 30 countries with high social hostilities also were in Asia-Pacific, including populous countries such as Iran, Turkey, Burma, Vietnam and Thailand. These numbers are disproportionately high given that Asia-Pacific accounts for about a quarter of the 198 countries and..…

Then, for more than sixty years, Central Asia was cut off from contact with the outside world, as the Soviet Union closed its borders with Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and, later, China. ..…

They are very, very upset not about Putin in Ukraine, as they say, but about Putin in Syria where he exposed the fact that the West was allied with the Saudis in funding and arming terrorists and Putin demonstrated you could defeat terrorism if you cut off the supply line from Obama’s friends in Saudi..…

On the imports side, the EU was followed by the countries in Asia with an amount of $49.8 billion.          . In 2014, Turkey’s exports hit an all-time high of $157.6 billion while the figure was nearly $157 billion last year. . ..…