Traditional workshops in Uzbekistan are teaching younger generations the skills behind woodcarving, embroidery and ceramics, while adapting their work to contemporary tastes and new opportunities.
Deadly synthetic opioids disguised as legitimate painkillers are being sold online across Europe, as counterfeit medicines linked to multiple deaths in the Netherlands expose the dark side of e-commerce.
Months into the war with Iran, Gulf exporters are finding ways to keep oil and gas moving, but crossing Hormuz remains risky and some customers are still missing contracted cargoes.
The Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual amid a Super El Niño, an extreme version of a recurring weather pattern that has brought historic droughts and flooding.
The northern and southern boundaries of the zone are among the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, and landmine incidents have previously heightened tensions between the two Koreas.
Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said if Iran cannot sell oil, "no one in the region will sell oil," as the IRGC called Trump "a big liar," said US bases were the "only source of insecurity" in the region and warned new weapons were being prepared for the battlefield.