The boom years of China’s ride-hailing app industry may come to a sudden halt next month, now that city governments have shifted gears and rolled out new and stringent regulations that analysts say will…
continue readingRussian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov said Tuesday he wants to resign from the position to focus on duties as a lawmaker. Russian media quoted Zhukov as saying he would…
continue readingSecurity forces in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Daghestan say they have killed at least three militants in a special operation. …
continue readingThailand’s stock market and currency have tumbled and the prime minister has canceled an overseas trip amid concerns about long-ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s health. His son, the crown prince, returned…
continue readingSamsung Electronics severely cut its estimated profits for the third-quarter Wednesday after it was forced to entirely scrap its flagship line of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones a day earlier. The…
continue readingThree members of a floating crane crew are missing after it sank near the Russia-controlled Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …
continue readingThe Macedonian opposition organized a large rally in Skopje, two months ahead of planned elections in the Balkan nation. (RFE/RL’s Balkan Service) …
continue readingPope Francis on Wednesday called for an immediate cease-fire in Syria. Speaking at his weekly general audience at the Vatican, the pope said a halt in fighting should be put…
continue readingThe U.N.’s human rights chief said Wednesday that if elected the next U.S. president, Donald Trump would be “dangerous from an international point of view.” Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein called some…
continue readingThe Uzbek Senate has approved acting President Shavkat Mirziyaev’s proposal for a mass amnesty of prisoners. …
continue readingPakistan appears to be defying domestic and international calls for immediate removal of a controversial travel ban on one of its leading journalists, insisting the move is meant to bring…
continue readingKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has added Armenia to his list of canceled visits this week due to treatment for what officials say is a “cold.” …
continue readingBritish Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Russia risked becoming a “pariah nation” due to its military action in Syria. He was speaking in the House of Commons on October 11,…
continue readingThe Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. (The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.) …
continue readingThis is Part Three of a special Daily Vertical series on Vladimir Putin and The Ghosts Of Kremlins Past. (The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the…
continue readingVictims were pulled from the rubble of bombed-out buildings in Aleppo’s Bustan al-Qasr district on October 11. It came after Russian warplanes resumed attacks on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo,…
continue readingIn Nigeria, several justices of the supreme court and judges of high courts have been arrested and jailed on suspicion of corruption and professional misconduct’. Security forces raided the homes…
continue readingThis is Part Three of a special Daily Vertical series on Vladimir Putin and The Ghosts Of Kremlins Past. (The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the…
continue readingFamilies and lawyers of Paris attacks victims say they are disappointed at the news that Salah Abdeslam’s legal defense has quit, as the top surviving suspect of last November’s strikes…
continue readingWith tensions between India and Pakistan high, people who live close to the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two neighboring countries in the disputed Kashmir region,…
continue readingSamsung may have gotten a little good news Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme court took up its effort to reduce a lower court judgment that cost the South Korean company…
continue readingOctober 11 marks International Day of the Girl. The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011 to publicize the rights of girls around the world and…
continue readingThe United States has blacklisted several Pakistani men for their ties to a blacklisted organization that laundered money for the Taliban, drug traffickers, and other criminal organizations. …
continue readingRussia says Britain has a duty to protect Russian diplomats in London, a response to British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s call for activists to protest Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria.…
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