Tajikistan

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson arrives for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

EU's top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe

Ylva Johansson, home affairs commissioner for the European Union, joined The World's host Marco Werman to discuss the EU's plans to avoid a repeat migration crisis like the one experienced in 2015.

EU's top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe
The Abuzz project hopes to help curb mosquito-borne illnesses by using cell phones to track mosquito outbreaks around the world.

Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone
Police officers walk outside a polling station in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Nov. 1, 2013. Tajikistan has recently announced a registry of allegedly gay citizens.

Tajikistan announces official registry of gay citizens

Tajikistan announces official registry of gay citizens
President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan

Meet Central Asia's leaders for life

Meet Central Asia's leaders for life
Screenshot of Gulmurod Halimov in video talking about his defection. The video has since been deleted.

Why Tajikistan's special forces chief joined ISIS

Why Tajikistan's special forces chief joined ISIS
The World

Britain Named Most Prolific Invader

A new book claims that Britain has invaded more countries than any other. Anchor Aaron Schachter discusses the claim with the World's News Editor and resident history buff, Chris Woolf.

Britain Named Most Prolific Invader

World powers battle for influence over Central Asia

Central Asia has long been the focus of tense geopolitical battles between world powers. The latest one started more than a decade ago, when the United States turned the region into a primary staging ground for its war in Afghanistan. A three-way struggle has since emerged between the U.S., China and Russia.

World powers battle for influence over Central Asia
The World

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and the Ismaili Sect of Shia Islam

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV doesn't exactly fit the profile you'd expect of a Muslim holy man.

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and the Ismaili Sect of Shia Islam

Should we try to end disease?

Polio has reappeared in Russia for the first time in years, igniting a debate over whether people should try to eradicate or simply manage diseases.

Should we try to end disease?
The World

Geo Quiz

Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo Quiz
The World

Geo answer and Global Hit

A singer from Tajikistan ? the answer to our Geo Quiz ? has become an unlikely celebrity in Russia. He's been dubbed Tajik Jimmy... Anchor Marco Werman tells us about the latest You Tube sensation.

Geo answer and Global Hit
The World

Geo Quiz

Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo Quiz
The World

Geo answer

For our GEO QUIZ today we're looking for the STANS; seven countries that end with the suffix ?stan.? Anchor Jeb Sharp tells us about an EIGHTH ?stan? that can't be found on a map. It's an idealized world created by Lebanese businessman Michel Eleftriades.

Geo answer
The World

Geo answer

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Pamir Mountains. Tom Godell reports on American efforts to document the fast-vanishing Shughni language. Shughni is spoken in the regions of Tajikistan and Afghanistan crossed by the Pamir Mountains.

Geo answer
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Geo answer

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Zeravshan River, in Central Asia. It flows past a little-known site in modern-day Tajikistan called Sarazm.

Geo answer