The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva handed out several awards on Sunday to films that not only push cinematic boundaries but bring to light stories of youth struggles and injustice.

The Grand Prize winner in the

On 7 March, a Bactrian camel gave birth to rare twin calves in the western Mongolian province of Gobi-Altai. The camel is owned by herder B.Nyamdorj. Previously, there were other twin camel calves in livestock owned by B.Nyamdorj’s brother.

The Bactrian

Star Trek star Nichelle Nichols wearing a traditional Mongolian deel as she meets her younger character actress Loren Lott. The white deel  perfectly matches her hair.

The sci-fi legend, 88, was in California for the new film from the franchise Renegades:

Set in the remote Mongolian mountains,’ The Woman’, by director Otgonzorig Bathchuluun, is about Dagiina who lives with Eruult, her mother-in-law and her two young children, Ider and Ujin. From time-to-time, a local man comes and helps her with difficult

A stage adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel, ‘Anna Karenina’, will be performed in a Mongolian theatre again. The play was originally scheduled to be performed at the National Academic Drama Theatre on 4-29 March. Tickets for the play are available

The 24th Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival is being held from19-28 February with an array of screen offerings covering everything from impressive physical feats to environmental issues and animated films.

Meanwhile, the VIMFF announced its awards prior to this year’s festival.

The

The Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History is pleased to announce it has received a grant of over 2 million euro from the Arcadia Fund to document the archaeological heritage of Mongolia.

These stunning photos show the harsh reality of life for Mongolian nomads who live on the country’s vast steppe.

Hundreds of nomads live in the 340,000 square miles of open grassland, where temperatures regularly drop to -40C (-40F), and subsist off