Bantamweight Badar-Uugan Enkhbat has won Mongolia’s first gold medal in boxing, beating Cuba’s Yankiel Leon 16-5.

Thousands of Mongolians hit the streets of the capital to celebrate the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal, offering vodka toasts, blaring their car horns and waving the nation’s flag from the city’s tallest buildings.

Mongolia has won it’s first Olympic gold medal ever with Tuvshinbayar Naidan’s victory over Kazakhstan’s Askhat Zhitkeyev in men’s 100-kilogram judo.

Opposition lawmakers walked out of a Mongolian parliamentary session Wednesday before they were to be sworn in, saying they refused to participate because last month’s election was fraudulent.Accusations that the ruling Mongolian People’s Revolutionary...

The Olympic torch runners are carrying the flame through Inner Mongolia where colorful festivities greet them along the way. (July 10)

Police and soldiers in riot gear patrolled downtown sections of Mongolia’s capital Friday, the final day of a four-day state of emergency declared following post-election riots that left five people dead and 220 hurt.Military vehicles were withdrawn...

Smoke hung in the air Thursday as people swept up in Mongolia’s capital on the second day of a state of emergency called after at least five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of election fraud.A four-day emergency was declared after...

Mongolia’s government says snowstorms have killed at least 21 people and left 100 others missing.The State Emergency Authority said Wednesday that heavy snow and strong winds have hit three provinces in eastern Mongolia. It says most of the victims were..

More than 20,000 people flooded the center of Mongolia’s capital Friday to demand that the government do something about rising food prices that have nearly tripled in some cases.Holding banners saying “Stop inflated food prices” and “Let the...

It looks like a typical National Geographic cover with the signature yellow border. So what’s Paris Hilton doing on there? The folks at Harvard Lampoon persuaded employees of one of the nation’s most respected magazines to help them ensure their April...