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In Pakistani village, home is where the cave is

Bombproof, earthquake-resistant and cheap: Thousands of Pakistanis are choosing to hunker down in caves northwest of Islamabad, snapping up the hobbit-like homes amid a nationwide housing shortage.

Historical village of Kandovan

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Iran is the quaint and mysterious thirteenth century village of Kandovan.

European states urge Israel not to demolish Bedouin village

Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Britain called on Israel not to raze the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank after Israel’s top court last week cleared the way for its demolition.

Israel court Okays demolition of West Bank village

Israel's top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.

No Pakistani women vote in village over fear of divorce

Pakistani women who had pledged to defy men in their village by voting for the first time ultimately did not exercise their democratic right in Wednesday's election, citing intimidation by their husbands.

Israel blocks EU diplomats from visiting Bedouin village

European diplomats have been barred from paying a solidarity visit to a school in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the West Bank under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities.

Shavaz: An old village in central Iran

Shavaz Village is located in southwest of Yazd Province in central Iran.

Taj-Mir Village, center of Iranian dolls

Taj-Mir is a village in the Central District of Sarbisheh County of Iran’s South Khorasan Province, near Afghan border.

Maymand: An ancient cave village

Iran's ancient village of Maymand, located around 900km south of the capital Tehran, is littered with troglodytic dwellings — cavernous, underground homes carved out of soft rock. Stone engravings found at the site are estimated to be more than 10,000 years old.

Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings

Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar’s security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a government spokesman said on Sunday, adding it was not related to a Reuters report on the incident.

Shamkhani condemns Taliban deadly attack on Afghan village

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday condemned a recent terrorist attack on innocent people in a village in Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-e Pol.

Israel puts WB village on lockdown, rescinds permits following alleged stabbing

Israeli military forces have put a village in the central part of the occupied West Bank on complete lockdown in the wake of an alleged stabbing attack, which left a female Israeli border police officer dead.

Footprints of ancient village found in south-central Iran

Tal-e Kamin in Marvdasht, Fars Province, includes cultural and residential vestiges from periods ranging from the ancient rural dwelling era of the sixth millennium BCE up to the middle- and late-Islamic period.

Abyaneh Village: An anthropological museum

Abyaneh is a beautiful historic village at the foot of Karkas Mountain and at a distance of 70km to the southeast of Iran's central city of Kashan and 40km to Natanz in Isfahan Province.

Shayrat residents say US missiles hit village

Residents of Syria’s Shayrat village targeted in a recent US missile strike on a nearby airfield with the same name say the aggression has killed civilians and destroyed or severely damaged their homes.