Jailed Belarusian political activist Palina Sharenda-Panasyuk is again facing accusations of showing "disobedience" to the ...

The THAAD missile defense system destroys incoming ballistic missiles during their final or "terminal" phase of flight. A THAAD battery consists of 95 soldiers, 6 launchers, a radar unit, fire control ...

Less than a week after European parliamentarians blasted Russia to stop its "provocations and attempts to destabilize" ...

A Russian state prosecutor on October 14 asked a Moscow court to sentence French researcher Laurent Vinatier -- who is ...

At least three Pakistani police officers and three insurgents were killed on October 14 when militants stormed a police ...

Behind many of the roughly 2,000 teenage pregnancies registered in Kazakhstan every year lie stories of horrendous abuse and ...

Surviving Russia’s notoriously harsh correctional system is not just a matter of strength or smarts. It’s a matter of food, ...

Israel continued to bomb areas in southern Lebanon on October 13, a day after it struck the marketplace in the city of Nabatiyeh. Meanwhile, sirens wailed in the Israeli city of Haifa as an ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 41st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. 1 The Northern Lights illuminate the sky near ...

Central Asians are pushing back against Russian lecturing, racist comments, and mistreatment of migrant laborers. Joining ...

Anything is possible in Russian PresidentVladimir Putin’s “Year of The Family,” as he calls 2024. So is fining those who promote “hostile, American child-free ideology.” While Putin says a family with ...

Georgia is famous for its heady wines, but many vineyard owners in the Kakheti region are swapping vines for hazelnuts because of declining prices for grapes. One vineyard owner told RFE/RL that, ...