https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:01:04 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Ukrainian drones have hit the Tuapse oil refinery for the third time in two weeks, sparking a massive blaze and triggering evacuations. https://www.rferl.org/a/tuapse-oil-refinery-fires-ukraine-russia-war/33744408.html https://www.rferl.org/a/tuapse-oil-refinery-fires-ukraine-russia-war/33744408.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:48:39 +0200 Russia Invades UkrainePhoto Galleries Ukrainian drones hit the large Russian Black Sea oil facility terminals at Tuapse for the third time in 12 days, sparking another billowing fire and prompting evacuations. https://www.rferl.org/a/tuapse-russian-oil-port-fire-drone-strike/33744191.html https://www.rferl.org/a/tuapse-russian-oil-port-fire-drone-strike/33744191.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:03:34 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The suspect in the shooting at a Washington gala where US President Donald Trump was due to speak has been charged with attempted assassination as well as with a broader plot targeting senior government officials. https://www.rferl.org/a/washington-shooting-suspect-assassination-attempt-trump/33743757.html https://www.rferl.org/a/washington-shooting-suspect-assassination-attempt-trump/33743757.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:27:09 +0200 NewsThe Rundown Stories The suspect in the shooting at a Washington gala where President Donald Trump was due to speak on April 25 is scheduled to make a court appearance on April 27, US officials said, as law-enforcement authorities seek to determine a motive for the heavily armed attack. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-shooting-correspondent-allen-gunman/33742896.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-shooting-correspondent-allen-gunman/33742896.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:07:34 +0200 NewsThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump said that Tehran "can call us" if it wants to talk, but he added that it must give up any plans to build a nuclear weapon or "there's no reason to meet." https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-iran-pakistan-russia-putin-araqchi-ceasefire/33742897.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-iran-pakistan-russia-putin-araqchi-ceasefire/33742897.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:53 +0200 IranNewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories RFE/RL's senior Washington correspondent, Alex Raufoglu, was at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when a gunman breached security at the black-tie gala attended by President Donald Trump. Raufoglu recounted the chaotic scenes inside the hotel during and after the incident. https://www.rferl.org/a/white-house-corresponents-dinner-trump-gunman-security/33742837.html https://www.rferl.org/a/white-house-corresponents-dinner-trump-gunman-security/33742837.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:53:02 +0200 FeaturesThe Rundown Headline The FBI says it is investigating a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on April 25. A man opened fire on security personnel with a shotgun, witnesses said, sparking chaos as US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out unharmed. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-shooting-correspondents-dinner-fbi-melania-cole-tomas-allen/33742768.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-shooting-correspondents-dinner-fbi-melania-cole-tomas-allen/33742768.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:35:28 +0200 NewsVideo ArchiveVideos Ukraine’s president lashed out at Russia, accusing it of “nuclear terrorism,” as Kyiv observed the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant, the world’s worst civilian atomic disaster. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-chernobyl-nuclear-accident/33742727.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-chernobyl-nuclear-accident/33742727.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:56:35 +0200 NewsBelarusRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories Iran’s foreign minister held talks with the leader of Oman, a day after the two lead US envoys abruptly pulled out of planned talks aimed at ending the nearly two-month old war in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-peace-talks-/33742716.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-peace-talks-/33742716.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:08:43 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Forty years after the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, former residents are still living with its consequences. Former Pripyat resident Klavdia Omelchenko returned to the abandoned flat she once called home, and shared memories with RFE/RL of her life before and after the disaster. https://www.rferl.org/a/former-pripyat-resident-returns-home-40-years-after-chernobyl-disaster/33741644.html https://www.rferl.org/a/former-pripyat-resident-returns-home-40-years-after-chernobyl-disaster/33741644.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:11:25 +0200 VideosUkraineVideo Archive US President Donald Trump has canceled a planned trip to Pakistan by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for peace talks with Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-pakistan-peace-talks/33742216.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-pakistan-peace-talks/33742216.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:13:55 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has responded on social media to crude insults made by a bombastic Russian state TV host, writing that "these caricatures certainly won't make us change course." https://www.rferl.org/a/italian-pm-meloni-russian-tv-solovyov-wild-beast/33737895.html https://www.rferl.org/a/italian-pm-meloni-russian-tv-solovyov-wild-beast/33737895.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:57:34 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown StoriesEurope As the clock ticked toward the end of a two-week cease-fire, US President Donald Trump on April 21 announced he was extending the truce to give Iran a chance to make a “unified” peace proposal but said a blockade of Iranian ports that has angered Tehran will remain in place. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ceasefire-iran-peace-talks-pakistan/33737273.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ceasefire-iran-peace-talks-pakistan/33737273.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:57:48 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline Germany became the second country to condemn Moscow over the publication of a list of companies Russia claimed are helping produce attack drones for Ukraine, warning that "direct threats" are "unacceptable." https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-drone-threat-companies-ukraine/33736550.html https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-drone-threat-companies-ukraine/33736550.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:56:37 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Speaking with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, Mansoureh Shojaee, an Iranian women’s rights activist based in the Netherlands, says the regime is coercing women into "revenge-driven" militancy amid war with the United States and Israel. https://www.rferl.org/a/why-is-iran-parading-pink-weapons-to-coerce-women-into-militancy-says-rights-expert/33736526.html https://www.rferl.org/a/why-is-iran-parading-pink-weapons-to-coerce-women-into-militancy-says-rights-expert/33736526.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:51:49 +0200 VideosIranVideo ArchiveThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse Black Sea oil port, Russian officials said, causing a fire and at least one death in the second attack on one of the country's major southern ports in the past week. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-tuapse/33736220.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-tuapse/33736220.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:28:16 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized an easing of sanctions on Russian energy, writing on X that “every dollar paid for Russian oil is money for the war.” https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-criticizes-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-iran-hormuz-war/33735613.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-criticizes-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-iran-hormuz-war/33735613.html Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:05:31 +0200 NewsIranUkraineThe Rundown Stories Hopes that shipping would resume through the Strait of Hormuz proved short-lived on April 18, as Iranian forces attacked at least three civilian ships after Tehran announced it was reversing its decision to reopen the vital waterway. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ceasefire-negotiations-iran-hormuz-pakistan/33734753.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ceasefire-negotiations-iran-hormuz-pakistan/33734753.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:38:13 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline Ilya Remeslo, a longtime pro-Kremlin blogger who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after abruptly directing strongly worded criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin, says he has been released after a month in the facility in St. Petersburg. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-criticism-remeslo-released-psychiatric/33734732.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-criticism-remeslo-released-psychiatric/33734732.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:52:30 +0200 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Iran said it has opened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping traffic for the reamiiner of a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, and US President Donald Trump again suggested that Washington and Tehran could reach a deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran in the near future. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-israel-lebanon-hormuz/33734636.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-israel-lebanon-hormuz/33734636.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:33:06 +0200 NewsIranMiddle East