In a marathon Q&A session, Russian President Vladimir Putin dangled the prospect of concessions on Ukraine before audiences ...

A private firm with ties to Tajikistan's ruling family was awarded an opaque government contract to register mobile devices ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 51st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Pakistan is clamping down on the use of VPNs, a move that activists say is designed to further stifle free speech and dissent ...

A court in Romania has accepted controversial Internet influencer Andrew Tate’s appeal and sent his case on human trafficking and other charges back to prosecutors. The Bucharest Court of Appeals on ...

Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev has praised the Czech Republic after it adopted a resolution recognizing the deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities in 1944 as genocide.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told EU leaders gathered in Brussels on December 19 that continued support in the fight against Russia's invasion is urgent. Energy infrastructure is ...

One lawmaker was killed and another injured in a shooting at the de facto parliament in Georgia's Abkhazia, a breakaway region supported by Russia.

A court in Moscow charged Uzbek citizen Ahmat Qurbanov on December 19 with terrorism and other charges in the high-profile killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia's Nuclear, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is nearing its primary goal in the war against Ukraine and challenged the United States to a missile "duel" involving Russia's new Oreshnik hypersonic ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is to meet with leaders of the European Union in Brussels on December 19 to seek fresh support amid concerns that President-elect Donald Trump could pull U.S.

The eastern Ukrainian town of Siversk has been bombed nearly flat by Russian artillery, but two residents of a badly damaged home are refusing to leave. Olena and Viktor are among about 700 residents ...