The intermingling of people at the docks helped loosen the bonds of caste and religion, helping make Mumbai a centre of ...

The ongoing civil war in Myanmar, now spanning over three years, has provided an opportunity for drug cartels to thrive, with ...

Britain defeats China in the first Opium War, opening China to Western powers for trade, Christian missions, and legalizin ...

Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger was clearly shaken by what he saw in Afghanistan. In the last few days of his life, the ...

Cannabis, cocaine and heroin have interesting life stories and long rap sheets. We might know them today as illicit drugs, ...

The Taliban government is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and mineral resources after the loss of billions of ...

Dalrymple spent 20 years writing The Company Quartet, his four-volume deep dive into the rise and fall of the East India Company. Even if finishing the quartet wasn’t reason enough, the passing of his ...