Russia's space program has taken a drubbing in recent years, its reputation battered by corruption scandals, shrinking ...

Iranian border guards shot and killed at least 10 Afghans who entered Iran illegally in early December, according to Taliban ...

Iranian border guards shot and killed at least 10 Afghans who entered Iran illegally in early December amid a growing ...

The past year was another bleak one for journalists, with dozens killed and hundreds more behind bars around the world, ...

The EU is preparing new sanctions on Belarus after hundreds of weather balloons crossed into Lithuania, disrupting airports ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready to hold elections in the war-wracked country if the United States ...

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has called for a UN fact-finding committee to investigate the death of ...

In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: hitting Belarus’s balloons and EU ...

Construction on the new Sava bridge kicked off in Belgrade, but loopholes and workarounds used to grant contracts for the ...

Russia wants all of the Donbas, and more. Ukraine is loath to cede any land to Moscow, let alone areas Kyiv’s forces control. The US is pushing for an end to the war. Here’s a look at the tense issue ...

One year after Assad's fall, Iran grapples with the collapse of its key regional ally. Tehran lost up to 50 billion dollars ...

Washington’s new National Security Strategy and a major defense bill in Congress lay out sharply different visions for ...