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Each mission begins the same way. The cry of “Medevac! Medevac! Medevac!” crackles from a hand-held radio and the team is off, sprinting towards the waiting Black Hawk helicopter.

Mongolia may be best known for its endless steppe and nomadic culture, but a significant demographic shift is underway in which rural residents are crowding into urban centers, especially in the...

In Turkey these days the culture war raging between secularists and moderate Islamists grabs much of the attention. But in Istanbul, there is a second front to the culture war, one that centers on...

Spluttering and coughing, an unusual crop of vehicles in the villages of central Turkey are gaining attention and a following. The cheap and noisy motorized carts are called paht-pahts or tak-taks...