Visitor Takes a Countryâs Fate in Her Hands
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This beautifully performed, touching one-act play is not quite the personalized cry against genocide that the playwright intends it to be.
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The political turmoil in Ukraine will make it difficult to determine the precise outcome of the presidential election there, according to a local educator who has made several trips to the nation and is familiar with the situation.
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F   atima     Gailani  is used to waiting. After living in exile for 24 years, working for her embattled country out of a suitcase, the 50-year-old Afghan has mastered the virtue of patience by never losing hope. Saturday's presidential election in Afghanistan is an important milestone along that journey, she explained, though she knows steep obstacles remain.
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Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.
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The discovery of remains of a tiny human closely related to man on the remote Indonesian island of Flores and tales of Hobbit-like creatures who still roam its jungles have triggered an influx of visitors in search of a fabled lost world.
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Teresita Schaffer, an expert on South Asia, is answering readersâ questions.
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Grumpy Gallic image gets a makeover as the nation starts to lose tourists.
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For more than 40 years, the photographer has traveled repeatedly to Hungary and throughout Eastern Europe.
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Newbie to the virtual world tries to find her way around the vast continent.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The victims arrive from across the country with stories about the dying time under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Youk Chhang listens to their tales.
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Tourists in China have another potential point of interest to add to their sightseeing itineraries now that the country's biggest nuclear power station has opened its doors to the public.
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The Web site instructs tourists to  "Rediscover Lebanon." It promises beaches, ski slopes, ruins,  nightlife -- something for everyone packaged in a tiny country  more often remembered for war and kidnappings.
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The West African nation of Cape Verde, where almost everyone has a relative abroad, is a microcosm of the forces of migration that are remaking societies across the globe.
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LANNING a trip involves many difficult decisions, but near the top of my list is standing in a bookstore trying to choose from a daunting lineup of guidebooks, a purchase that brands the owner
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MOSCOW -- She survived three days as a hostage and the destruction of the school where she has passed nearly all of her 72-year life. Now Lydia Tsaliyeva is heading home, and her life may be in danger all over again. This time, however, the threat comes from her neighbors.
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A recent Paris conference on anti-Semitism drew senior French politicians and even one government minister - but the star of the show was the visitor who crossed the Atlantic especially for the occasion.
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Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was detained at customs and her cellphone was taken from her purse. Her daughter, waiting outside San Francisco International Airport, tried repeat...