Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region. Reporting from the ground is patchy and often contradictory, but one Russian village has emerged as a key focus of the fighting.

In January 2022, anti-government protests erupted across Kazakhstan, prompting a violent police crackdown that left hundreds dead. In the city of Shymkent, 20 people were killed in one night, ...

Barring an act of God, and despite a serious economic downturn in recent years, Azerbaijan's incumbent president, Ilham Aliyev, will almost certainly be reelected on April 11 with a landslide ...

The Ukrainian military is continuing its assault in Russia's Kursk region, with Moscow claiming it is repelling advancing Ukrainian troops. Ukraine first launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region ...

The end of Russian natural-gas transit across Ukraine is a blow to Moscow, but it could provide the Kremlin with sharpened ...

Protests under the orange flags of Yushchenko's campaign continued throughout Ukraine and crowds surrounded the presidential ...

7 A woman holds her cat as she surveys the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on the ...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Italian ambassador over the arrest of Mohammad Abedini, who is wanted by the ...

Amid the economic fallout from the Ukraine war and a growing crackdown on migrants after a terrorist attack, it is little ...

Russia-controlled judges in Ukraine's Crimea continue to sentence Ukrainian activists for alleged "espionage" in relation to activities that they carried out in their hometowns while under Russian ...

RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

Protesters in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica, demanded the resignation on January 5 of two senior ministers following the killing of 12 people in a mass shooting in the town of Cetinje on New Year ...