The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether Muslims and other immigrants held for months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States can…
continue readingAfter the Bangladeshi government made public its offer of cash to militants willing to reform, authorities say two members of a notorious terrorism group gave themselves up. “We had chosen…
continue readingVietnamese police have detained a prominent blogger for posting anti-state reports, including one about civilians dying in police custody, which they said undermined trust in the ruling Communist Party. Nguyen…
continue readingMozambique’s opposition party Renamo will not abandon talks with the government, its spokesperson said, after one of its senior officials was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on a Maputo beach…
continue readingA rights group urged the Iranian judiciary Tuesday to quash a death sentence against a 22-year-old woman accused of killing her husband, who she said had repeatedly abused her. Zeinab…
continue readingAs the damage continues to mount from Syria’s Russia-backed offensive on Aleppo, so does the political fallout from the failed cease-fire agreement. Russia’s parliament is suspending an agreement with the…
continue readingA gunman has opened fire on a crowd of Shi’ite mourners who had gathered outside a shrine in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 14 people. …
continue readingHuman rights activists say an Iranian former child bride, whose execution was delayed while she was pregnant, could be executed in the coming days. …
continue readingBelgrade has rejected Kosovo’s decision to nationalize the massive Trepca mining complex that straddles the border with Serbia. …
continue readingIn parts of Pakistan, mobile phone networks were shut down amid fears of sectarian violence as Shi’ia marked Ashura with processions across the country. (RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal) …
continue readingThe Afghan government has deployed hundreds of troops to the southern city of Lashkar Gah as Taliban militants threaten to overrun the provincial capital of Helmand Province. …
continue readingThe outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the killing of an official from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). …
continue readingThe United National Movement is reportedly divided over whether its candidates should participate in the second round and thus tacitly bestow legitimacy on a vote some of its members claim…
continue readingThe Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner has cancelled a trip to Russia due to what he called “unacceptable” restrictions put on him by the government. …
continue readingBelarusian programmer Aleh Haltsev designed and built an affordable prosthetic hand. …
continue readingKyrgyz activists sought to warn school students about the dangers of underage marriage, a practice that it widespread in Kyrgyzstan but which parliament has just voted to outlaw. (RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz…
continue readingA Chinese academic of Uyghur origin who was jailed for life two years ago for campaigning for the rights of indigenous Uyghurs in China, has been named the winner of…
continue readingTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi should “know his place” and added that a Turkish Army contingent in Iraq will not take orders from Baghdad.…
continue readingThe Italian Olympic Committee says it is suspending Rome’s bid for the 2024 Games for the time being, while leaving open the possibility for a revival if the mayor’s government…
continue readingThe U.S. is looking for multibillion dollar penalties from Germany’s biggest bank and its biggest carmaker. The European Union is demanding similarly large sums from America’s most valuable tech company,…
continue readingA prominent Pakistani journalist says he has been barred from leaving the country because of an article he wrote about a rift between the government and the military. …
continue readingAfghanistan’s Shiite population is preparing to mark the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson with candlelight vigils and mass public flagellations, despite government warnings of possible attacks. The country’s religious…
continue readingIt’s not easy to be a political cartoonist in Serbia. Just how risky an occupation it may be is illustrated by the case of Dusan Petricic, one of the country’s…
continue readingAnalysts say Russia’s deployment of nuclear-capable missiles in its enclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is a “wake-up call’ to current dangers for the West. The deployment comes as…
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