Politics
PRI's The World
April 20, 2016
There's a lot of confusion in Delhi over what to do about a massive Indian diamond — the Koh-i-Noor — that's been in the British crown jewels for more than 160 years. India's solicitor general says the Brits acquired it fairly, but the rest of the government says otherwise, and now wants it back.
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Conflict & Justice
In conservative Pakistan, everybody must get stoned
GlobalPost
February 27, 2013
The garbage man doubles as a dealer, and you can light up in a prominent Sufi shrine — never mind the death penalty.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Fear has not paralyzed Pakistan
PRI's The World
April 26, 2017
It's been 25 years since I last visited Pakistan. A lot has changed, but life is still flourishing.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Legendary Pakistani Singer Mehdi Hassan Dies at 84
PRI's The World
June 13, 2012
Mehdi Hassan sang several styles of South Asian music, but he was known as the "King of Ghazal."
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Lifestyle & Belief
American groups back LGBT rights in Pakistan, but it's a different story in Indiana
PRI's The World
April 01, 2015
In the US, here’s been an outcry against the passing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana. But while some citizens are stunned, a foreign correspondent says it's even harder for someone trying to explain it to people outside the United States.
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Global Scan
'Magic' mushrooms to treat depression? Some researchers think so
November 11, 2014
Hallucinogenic mushrooms are one potential treatment for depression. Another is hip hop music — it seems the dark lyrics might reach those who feel equally hopeless. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin comes to the rescue of China's first lady and his gallant act gets erased by Chinese censors. And in Pakistan, a group of schools hold an "I am not Malala" Day. All that and more in today's Global Scan.
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Conflict & Justice
Family and friends of Warren Weinstein demand change from the US government as they mourn
PRI's The World
April 23, 2015
Updated
"The key question going forward is how is this going to change how the CIA operates?" asks the Wall Street Journal's Adam Entous. The strike was based on what's called a 'pattern of life' intelligence, which indicated that there was a legitimate target present, without knowing specifically who. "Will that continue down the road," asks Entous. "Or will that be curtailed?"
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Global Scan
This artist is taking snow angels to an extreme
December 25, 2013
Call it snowshoe art or perhaps folly in the freezing cold, but it takes imagination to create patterns that you can only see from a distance. And Alan Turing, the father of computer science, gets a posthumous pardon from Britain. Pakistan's long experiment in natural-gas cars is crashing. We also explore why Muslims and Jews are celebrating Christmas, and more, in today's Global Scan.
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Politics
How Google Maps could help settle the Afghanistan-Pakistan border dispute
PRI's The World
May 15, 2017
Whether it's a solid line or a dotted line, it's all politics.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Revisiting a Peace Corps Experience in Pakistan
PRI's The World
October 11, 2011
Leslie Noyes Moss thought her 1960s Peace Corps experience in a small Pakistan village was largely a failure. But when she returned 50 years later, she found she'd made more of an impact than she'd realized.
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Development & Education
There isn't really any mystery to why one Pakistani village lost its girls school. It's about money
PRI's The World
April 03, 2014
No one in the Pakistani village of Jhanger Hakim Wallah knows why the girl's high school closed. The answer the government gives is pretty standard around the world: money.