Cemeteries in Kyiv are nearing capacity as Ukraine’s war dead mount. Soaring demand is driving funeral costs to record highs, ...

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has taken tens of thousands of lives. The high death toll has led to a shortage of burial plots in cemeteries in the country. Current Time correspondent Borys ...

A "coalition of the willing" called on Russia on May 10 to agree to an unconditional 30-day cease-fire. If accepted, the ...

Explosions rocked the border areas of India and Pakistan on the morning of May 10, but a cease-fire was announced hours later. The last attacks came after Pakistan accused India of launching missile ...

Friends and family of Vitaliy Shumey, who regained his ability to speak despite losing part of his skull in a Russian attack ...

US tariffs on defense components risk disrupting arms supplies to Ukraine, raising costs and straining NATO supply chains.

Short and sweet, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s speech hit on many of the same points that Ukrainian officials have made repeatedly over the duration of the war.

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 19th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at how Iranians are rallying against a reported plan by the Trump administration to ...

In the first of a three-part interview series, RFE/RL talks to Fiona Hill, Trump's former Russia adviser and now an expert at the Brookings Institution, about the changing world order.

Fiona Hill is an author, Russia analyst, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who previously served in intelligence and security roles under three US administrations. In a wide-ranging ...