Kyrgyz and Uzbek nationals who looked destined for lengthy jail terms after fighting for Russia in Ukraine have ended up returning to their normal lives, despite the harsh stipulations of national ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he ordered military strikes on a senior “attack planner” of the Islamic State (IS) extremist ...

Russian forces on January 31 attacked the historical center of the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, damaging buildings ...

Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...

Pakistani military and police authorities say 18 paramilitary troops and two dozen militants were killed overnight in fighting in the restive Balochistan Province in the country’s southwest.

U.S President Donald Trump on January 31 said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon talk and announce something ...

North Korean troops have not been seen on the front lines in Ukraine for weeks now. After taking “big losses,” it’s unclear ...

American-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles have played a key role in slowing Russia's advances around Pokrovsk, say Ukrainian crews. Hundreds of A2 Bradleys have been used extensively throughout the ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fifth week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. 1 Ukrainian rescue workers battle a blaze in a ...

Anastasia Nuhfer, a 48-year-old American citizen imprisoned in Belarus, has been unexpectedly released. How did the owner of ...

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the veteran Russian ice skating pair who triumphed at the 1994 World Figure Championships ...

A young soldier endured days without food or water, amid frequent Russian assaults at a desolate position in Ukraine's ...