The Correspondents
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FBI Announces New Probe Related To Hillary Clinton E-Mails
U.S. federal investigators have said they will look into new e-mails that have surfaced related to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server. …
continue readingRussia Loses Out On Reelection To UN Rights Council
Russia has lost out in its bid to remain on the United Nations Human Rights Council after an outcry by dozens of nongovernmental organizations. …
continue readingTajikistan Plunged Into Darkness
The Tajik capital, Dushanbe, was plunged into darkness by a power failure. The company that operates the Nurek hydroelectric dam said there was an outage at the facility, which provides…
continue readingU.S. Authorities Rule Ex-Kremlin Official Mikhail Lesin’s Death An Accident
U.S. authorities have ruled the death of former Kremlin media boss Mikhail Lesin an accident, saying a nearly year-long investigation determined that “acute” alcohol intoxication was a contributing factor. …
continue readingTajikistan Hit By Three-Hour Nationwide Blackout
Power went back on across Tajikistan after a problem at the country’s biggest hydropower plant caused a nearly three-hour blackout аcross the Central Asian nation. …
continue readingRussia, U.S. Coalition Planes Have Near Miss Over Syria
U.S. officials say a Russian fighter jet came dangerously close to a U.S.-led coalition aircraft over Syria earlier this month. …
continue readingKosovo Prosecutors Indict Opposition Politician For Murders
Kosovo prosecutors have indicted a senior politician in connection with two murders allegedly committed during the Balkan region’s bitter war in the late 1990s. …
continue readingAlexievich Helps Family Find A New Home
Nobel Prize-winning author gives struggling family a financial lifeline, after seeing their story on our website. (RFE/RL’s Belarus Service) …
continue readingCrackdown Sparks Protests In Pakistan
There were protests across Pakistan after a wave of arrests and a ban on public gatherings. (RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal) …
continue readingNational Geographic’s Famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Still in Pakistan Custody
Diplomatic and legal efforts are underway in Pakistan to secure an early release from police custody of a green-eyed Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee was published on…
continue readingSweden Denies Assange Permission to Attend Funeral
Swedish prosecutors say a request from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuadorean Embassy in London without being detained in order to attend a funeral has been dismissed on…
continue readingAzerbaijani Activist Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
A Baku court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Qiyas Ibrahimov to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking — a charge filed shortly after he spray-painted an antigovernment slogan on a…
continue readingRussian ‘Pokemon Go’ Blogger Ordered Into Custody
A Russian blogger awaiting trial on charges of hooliganism for allegedly playing Pokemon Go in an Orthodox church has been taken into custody after a court ruled he violated the…
continue readingUN Resolution Calls for Ban on Nuclear Weapons
U.N. member states have voted overwhelmingly on a measure that could lead to a ban on nuclear weapons. On Thursday, the U.N. Disarmament and International Security Committee voted to…
continue readingDuterte’s ‘Separation’ From US Finds Support and Concern
On Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent state visit to China, he proclaimed that America had “lost” him and that “in this venue, I announce my separation from the United States.”…
continue readingSyrian Rebels Fight for Control of Aleppo
Syrian rebel groups say they have begun their large-scale offensive in Aleppo to break the government’s siege on neighborhoods in the eastern part of the divided city. The Syrian Observatory…
continue readingOregon Case Jury Delivers Blow to Government in Lands Fight
A jury in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon delivered an extraordinary blow to the government in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all…
continue readingUN Decries IS ‘Mass Executions, Human Shields’ In Mosul
The office of UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has said that militants of the extremist organization Islamic State (IS) have executed at least 232 people in the embattled…
continue readingDeal Reached to Create World’s Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica
A historic deal has been reached to create the world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica, after years of diplomatic wrangling. Russia dropped its long-held opposition to the accord at the…
continue readingRussia Hosts Syrian, Iranian Ministers As Aleppo Fighting Intensifies
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been hosting talks in Moscow with his counterparts from Syria and Iran to discuss the security situation in Syria. …
continue readingAzerbaijan Reports Killing Of Two Suspected Islamist ‘Terrorists’
Authorities in Azerbaijan say security forces have killed two suspected “terrorists” in an operation conducted in “various regions of the republic.” …
continue readingDuterte: I Promised God to Stop Cursing
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he will no longer curse, after he had a talk with God. Duterte said late Thursday in his southern hometown of Davao that God spoke…
continue readingLeading Russian Academics Criticize Government Handling Of Minister’s Plagiarism Case
More than 20 leading members of the Russian Academy of Sciences have issued an open letter supporting calls for Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky to be stripped of his academic degree…
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