Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
What are the world's options for containing the escalating conflict in Libya - and how ready is the international community to go beyond talk to action?
Oil prices are rising rapidly amid the unrest in Libya, a major oil exporter. And there is little sign they may come down again soon.
A major exhibition of traditional Central Asian ikat robes and fabrics is drawing visitors to Washington D.C.'s Textile Museum.
Egypt is not a big oil producer. But the crisis in Cairo has sent global oil prices sharply higher. Elsewhere around the region, stock prices have mostly fallen. Economic experts weigh in on why this is happening.
The Pakistani government hopes passions will cool following the assassination of Salman Taseer. That's not happening.
Afghans protest the alleged mistreatment of their countrymen in Iran, including the killing of migrants trying to cross the border. What's behind the shootings?
The water carriers of Aqibi Silo are hardly the only child laborers in Kabul. But the fact that they are missing school to deliver water that should be delivered by public utilities outrages the people of their neighborhood.
The killing of Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province, has removed one of the country's staunchest opponents of religious extremism.
The Afghan Peace Council has sent a delegation to Islamabad for meetings with Pakistani officials. The visit is meant to build support in Pakistan for Kabul's efforts to hold reconciliation talks with the Taliban.
President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is a developing democracy. But does he mean democracy in the same way the West does?
A 45-year-old mother of two has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy. But the real danger Aasia Bibi faces may not come from her court case.
Sometimes Iran's role in Afghanistan is open and transparent, sometimes it is secret, and at other times -- as in the case of the madrasah -- it is somewhere in between.
The U.S. Federal Reserve is pumping more money into the economy in an effort to stimulate a faster recovery. But what effect could that have on the rest of the world?
Washington has long pressed Pakistan to launch a ground operation in North Waziristan, home of the notorious Haqqani network. But is one coming?
Mounting U.S. drone attacks in the northwest tribal area are stoking the debate in Pakistan over whether they hurt or help the country.
Afghanistan has not had a functioning railroad for 100 years. But a link is now being completed between the Uzbek border and the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif to connect with the outside world.
Kabul is an ancient city that has lost many of its finest buildings to decades of war and disrepair. But a project to restore one old neighborhood is revealing some of the capital's historical charms.
How secure is NATO's supply route through Pakistan and why are the trucks so vulnerable?
Security is a rare commodity in Afghanistan. But in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, Charles Recknagel says in this reporter's notebook, there is enough of it that business is booming.
Afghan election officials have begun counting ballots a day after the country's nationwide parliamentary polls. As the count begins, there are concerns over fraud marring the vote but also optimism that the country could emerge stronger for the election.
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