Afghanistan is waging a new tenacious battle against drug addiction. But as Don Duncan now reports, one epidemic, in heroin addiction, has led to another, in HIV, and the war-torn country is struggling to contain both.
The “Arab Spring” kicked off in Tunisia with the overthrow of strongman Ben Ali. But many worry about what’s next; there’s fear that either Ben Ali supporters might hijack the fledgling democracy. Don Duncan reports from Tunis.
Civil unrest sends another Arab King scrambling. His daddy was a survivor. Is King Abdullah his father's son?
Uprising in Syria March 27, 2011
Analysts said Syria would never see an uprising the kinds of which happened in Egypt and Tunisia, but Syrian youth have sparked a growing protest to President Bachar al-Assad's regime.
Protests in Jordan are, in large part, over the country's ailing economy, and specifically the growing gap there between rich and poor. Don Duncan sent us this report from Amman.
In Jordan, another key US ally on the border with Israel, protests are, in large part, about the country's competing public and private sectors. Don Duncan has more from Amman.
A rush for natural gas is kicking off in the eastern Mediterranean. Recently, Israel discovered an enormous natural gas field. Lebanon believes it may also have significant natural gas reserves off its coast and it has a very compelling reason to kick-start exploration.
