Venezuela’s opposition-controlled Congress has opened a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for breaking the country’s constitutional order. The move was widely expected after lawmakers declared themselves in open…
continue readingAt age 24, Lilian Wairimu considered herself almost destitute. She had expected to land a job as a marketing executive after graduating from a relatively prestigious private university in Nairobi.…
continue readingYoung men play football in the afternoon sun. It is a common scene in Somalia, except for the razor wire and guard towers that surround this compound in the town…
continue readingU.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says that even as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul in Iraq, the coalition fighting Islamic State militants is laying the groundwork for another operation against…
continue readingAs the Iraqi-led offensive tightens around Mosul, the so-called Islamic State terror group is relying on territory it controls in Syria to resupply food and vital staples, according to reports…
continue readingIn Russia’s so-called “information war” with the West, the pro-Kremlin youth group SET (Network) is a foot soldier fighting primarily on the internet. At their roomy headquarters in an…
continue readingJob opportunities are limited for university graduates in Kenya, so some have been creating their own. One enterprising graduate has transformed an old mattress into a growing business. For VOA…
continue readingThe U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) militant group has announced that it is preparing for the start of an operation to take the Syrian city of Raqqa. …
continue readingAn international prosecutor has charged an ally of Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci with leading a crime ring responsible for a multimillion-dollar land scam and money laundering. …
continue readingThe United Nations says it has received reports of Islamic State (IS) militants massacring civilians as Iraqi government forces close in on the northern city of Mosul, the last IS…
continue readingKremlin foe Garry Kasparov says President Vladimir Putin is resorting to “external aggression” and increased confrontation with the West to bolster his image as Russia’s leader and maintain a “dictatorship”…
continue readingThe Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police academy in southwestern Pakistan that left at least 61 people dead. …
continue readingAfghan officials say at least eight police officers were killed when militants attacked an outpost in the eastern province of Nangarhar. …
continue readingPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the United States again Tuesday, throwing new uncertainty into relations between the longtime allies. Speaking to reporters in Manila as he was preparing…
continue readingThere was a heavy security presence on the streets of Quetta, following a deadly attack on a police academy that claimed at least 59 lives. (RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal) …
continue readingDramatic footage showed Iraqi army forces in fierce gun battles on streets around Bartalla, a Christian town near Mosul where Islamic State militants have sustained several days of resistance. (RFE/RL’s…
continue readingMinor scuffles took place on October 25 as a crowd of migrants waited to be registered on the second day of the clearing of the Calais camp in France. (Reuters)…
continue readingIn eastern Turkey, RFE/RL discovers the final resting place of a divisive piece of art that was cut down by politics but may rise again. …
continue readingPhilippine President Rogrigo Duterte’s shifts in policy on China and United States is adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The 10-nation…
continue readingA court in Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Aqtobe has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison after convicting him on terrorism charges. …
continue readingTurkey’s foreign minister says Ankara could launch a ground operation in neighboring Iraq if it feels its security is threatened. …
continue readingThe U.N. refugee agency is expressing alarm at the number of migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean Sea in 2016. With more than two months left in 2016, at least…
continue readingPolice in Germany have conducted raids in five regions as part of a probe into alleged extremism by asylum-seekers from the Russian region of Chechnya. …
continue readingThe United Nations refugee agency says 3,740 would-be migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, nearly matching last year’s total of 3,771. …
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