RFE/RL spoke to a protester who says he witnessed Iranian security forces shoot and kill demonstrators in Malekshahi, in the western Ilam Province, on January 3. Mohammad Heydari Ilami said security forces raided a hospital in the city of Ilam to seize the bodies of the dead and arrest the wounded.
Iranian security forces shot and reportedly killed protesters as demonstrations continue across the country.
One person was killed and several injured in an early morning Russian attack on Kyiv on December 5. The drone strikes hit a medical clinic in Ukraine's capital with dozens of patients. The attack comes as European leaders plan to meet on January 6 as part of diplomatic efforts to end the war.
There were clashes between protesters and police on the streets of the Iranian city of Yasuj on January 3 as demonstrations continued across the country for a seventh straight night. Protests were sparked by skyrocketing inflation, an energy crisis, and the collapse of Iran's currency.
Iranian security forces arrested several protesters as mass demonstrations continued into their sixth night on January 2 in multiple cities. Several protesters were killed after thousands took to the streets over the collapse of Iran's currency, soaring inflation, and an energy crisis.
Ukrainian ground drone operators joke that they feel like big kids playing with remote-control cars -- but the job of driverless vehicles in keeping frontline troops functioning is no game.
While much of the world celebrated the New Year, Iranians took to the streets, confronting security forces amid worsening economic hardship.
The question of who targeted the residents of besieged Sarajevo through sniper scopes during the Bosnian War has gone unanswered for three decades
In the forests and mountains of the Czech Republic there are forgotten mines where the Kremlin once used forced labor to dig out its uranium for nuclear weapons.
Firefighters in Odesa rescued residents of apartment blocks hit by Russian drones on December 31, responding to attacks that injured at least six people, including three children. Ukrainian regional authorities called the massive overnight strikes a deliberate attack on civilian infrastructure.
Iranians staged a third day of protests over a dire economic situation driven by high inflation and the national currency trading at record lows. University students joined the protests, which have spread outside the capital. Some protesters clashed with riot police armed with tear gas.
In the face of constant Russian advances in airborne weapons and overwhelming swarms of drones and missiles, Ukraine is racing to stay ahead of the curve.
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