Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended a cooperative program that commits Russia and the United States to eliminating parts of their weapons-grade plutonium stocks. …
continue readingJapanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine for his work autophagy — the science of how cells break down and recycle their content. “His discoveries opened…
continue readingKim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint of more than $10 million worth of jewelry inside a private Paris residence Sunday night, police officials said. A spokeswoman…
continue readingSome of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL’s broadcast region and beyond for the 40th week of 2016. …
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continue readingThe trial of five men charged with the murder of outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov began on October 3 in a Moscow military court. …
continue readingGovernment forces rushed to defend the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after Taliban fighters launched a coordinated attack in the early hours of October 3. Kunduz police said the militants…
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continue readingOn Tuesday, the nominees for vice-president will debate in the small, rural town of Farmville, Virginia. Farmville played a critical role in the American civil rights movement. And as the…
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 readingPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte is rebalancing his foreign policy away from old ally the United States to former U.S. Cold War foes China and Russia, in a move that may…
continue readingPutin turns 64 this week. And recent developments suggest he plans to stick around for a long time to come. …
continue readingA Ukrainian journalist is being held in custody in Russia on espionage charges. Federal Security Service (FSB) officials said on October 3 that Roman Sushchenko was detained in Moscow on…
continue readingPolish women donned black, waved black flags and took to Poland’s streets on Monday, boycotting their jobs and classes as part of a nationwide strike waged to protest a legislative…
continue readingRelations between Cambodia and Vietnam have been sorely tested in recent years by border disputes and their starkly different positions on Beijing’s maritime ambitions in the South China Sea. Now…
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continue readingWhen the Dallas Morning News endorsed a Democrat in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in more than 75 years, the reaction from readers ranged from exclamatory praise…
continue readingPurple rice from the Himalayas, hairless apricots from Kyrgyzstan and black amaranth grains from the Andes are just some of the foods to be labeled mountain products under a scheme…
continue readingAn official with the Belarusian Sports Ministry who marched in the Rio Paralympics’ opening ceremony carrying a Russian flag will receive an apartment in Russia. …
continue readingSeveral flights were delayed and passengers temporarily evacuated from a terminal at Almaty International Airport after a traveler suspected of carrying a “banned substance” was apprehended. …
continue readingIndia says militants have attacked one of its army camps in Kashmir with gunfire and grenades, killing one border guard and wounding another. …
continue readingKyrgyz authorities have released the wife of Tajik opposition activist Sobir Valiev after detaining her for about 22 hours. …
continue readingTextile workers from Bangladesh to Turkey are using cellphones to report child labor, delayed wages and trafficking – a trend rights groups say shows the promise of technology in tackling…
continue readingFighting erupted in northern Afghanistan after Taliban insurgents staged a pre-dawn coordinated offensive on the strategically important city of Kunduz, which they briefly overran a year ago. Local officials say…
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