Two Georgian politicians clashed with more than just words during a live television debate ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. Union of Industrialists candidate Zaza Agladze poured a glass of…
continue readingThe independent Russian station Dozhd (TV Rain) has aired a report alleging that a childhood friend of President Vladimir Putin’s is worth an estimated $550 million and owned a substantial…
continue readingThe head of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s autonomous Bosnian Serb entity has rejected a summons by state prosecutors, saying he would not travel to Sarajevo for questioning after he defied a high-court ruling…
continue readingIran and Saudi Arabia played down hopes of reaching a deal to bolster oil prices by freezing production this week in a meeting in Algeria. …
continue readingA well-known anti-Putin protester has been detained again in Moscow, this time following his return from Ukraine. Police arrested Roman Roslovtsev after he appeared on September 27 in Red Square…
continue readingPeople gathered in Tbilisi on September 27 to honor those who died when Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia was taken over by separatists in 1993. (RFE/RL’s Georgian Service) …
continue readingSyrian government forces launched a ground operation on September 27 to retake the besieged city of Aleppo, where more than 250,000 civilians are trapped. …
continue readingAmnesty International says it has documented many cases of Syrian government war crimes — including torture and what the rights group calls “deliberate attacks” on hospitals, civilian residential areas, and…
continue readingThe body of a newspaper editor killed seven years ago was exhumed Tuesday for a fresh investigation as Sri Lanka’s government looks anew at multiple unsolved killings of journalists under…
continue readingAs investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to…
continue readingSaudi Arabia and Iran on Tuesday dashed hopes that OPEC oil producers could clinch an output-limiting deal in Algeria this week as sources within the exporter group said the differences…
continue readingThe well-known anti-Putin protester Roman Roslovtsev has been detained in Moscow again while carrying out a one-person demonstration. …
continue readingThe well-known anti-Putin protester Roman Roslovtsev has been detained in Moscow again while carrying out a one-person demonstration. …
continue readingThe West must step up its efforts to combat and counter the information war being waged by its opponents, according to NATO commanders. They warn that countries like Russia are…
continue readingStrong winds knocked down people and scattered debris as a large typhoon crossed over Taiwan on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring more than 260, officials said. Typhoon Megi’s bands…
continue readingNATO commanders are calling on the West to step up its efforts to combat and counter the information war being waged by adversaries. The commanders warn that countries like Russia…
continue readingWorld trade is weakening to its slowest pace since 2009 amid a groundswell of anti-globalization sentiment, a watchdog warned Tuesday. The World Trade Organization predicted Tuesday that global trade will…
continue readingSuspected Taliban assailants have killed 13 soldiers in northern Afghanistan. The overnight attack took place at a security outpost in the restive Kunduz province. The victims were asleep when two…
continue readingTwo terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least 17 people dead and more than 50 injured. …
continue readingFormer Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says he will not seek reelection in the country’s 2017 presidential vote, one day after media reported that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had told…
continue readingDespite the glowing accounts Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and other officials give of the country’s economy, testimony from the ground paints an entirely different picture. (The views expressed in this…
continue readingA Kyrgyz film set during a 1916 uprising against tsarist Russia will be shown in Kyrgyzstan following weeks of uncertainty about its fate. …
continue readingAfter the major U.S. party candidates left the stage, the dialogue continued at Hofstra University, host of the first presidential debate of 2016. A battle of words among both pundits…
continue readingThe Turkish government has fired 87 members of the state security agency as part of its ongoing crackdown in the wake of a failed coup attempt in July. …
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