More than 20 people were killed and more than 2,800 wounded when pagers, walkie-talkies, and other devices exploded in Lebanon over a two-day period, in an apparent targeted attack on the ...

Massive explosions and a huge fire tore through Russia's Tver region early on September 18. The region's governor said debris from a downed drone struck an arms depot, but a Ukrainian military expert ...

The United States on September 18 issued a new round of sanctions on 12 individuals who it said were tied to Iran’s "ongoing, ...

When our team visited the Donbas town of Selydove, it found Ukrainian forces holding back Russian assaults using a howitzer called Violetta -- which was captured from Russian troops two years ago.

Plus: a Chinese sex trafficking case in Serbia, Chinese expands its global policing push, Xi plans to visit Russia for BRICS, ...

Did you know Instagram is automatically limiting what it deems political content on your feed? This also affects news organizations covering political topics, such as RFE/RL.

Tajik police have described the recent stabbing attack on the country’s state-backed Islamic leader an act of “hooliganism.” ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 38th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Siamak Namazi, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arbitrarily arrested while visiting his native country of Iran for a memorial service in 2015. Subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison for ...

At least eight people were killed and 2,750 were wounded when pagers exploded simultaneously in Lebanon, the health minister said on September 17 after the Iranian-backed Hizballah militant group said ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on September 17 announced the new five-year makeup of the EU's executive ...

Moscow resident Yury Kokhovets has been sentenced to five years in prison for condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine during ...