Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, faces new allegations from U.S.-based scholar Mehrzad Boroujerdi, who accuses him of involvement in his father’s 1978 killing.
US President Donald Trump said on October 20 that attempts to reach an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the war are ongoing, and warned that if an agreement is not reached the consequences will be serious.
Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is central to the Kremlin’s political and military priorities; its importance -- economic, cultural, historic -- stretches back decades, if not centuries. Why the fixation?
US President Donald Trump appeared to cool to the idea of supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on October 17, saying afterward that the two sides should simply "stop the killing, and make a DEAL!"
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have agreed to meet in Budapest following a phone call held a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to visit Washington.
An exhibition of North Korean propaganda art featuring graphic illustrations of Ukrainian soldiers being shot dead has opened in Moscow.
From weapons manufacturing to stepped up prospecting for rare earths reserves, the ripple effects of Beijing's latest export controls on the minerals will be wide.
Moldovan police video showed men in combat gear wielding automatic rifles at a complex in Serbia. When RFE/RL’s Balkan Service visited this week, it found donkeys grazing next to rustic thatched huts – and was refused access to the site.
Iran’s calibrated response to the Israel–Hamas truce reflects pragmatism under constraint: avoiding the spoiler label while preserving leverage.
Hundreds of tons of nets protecting frontline roads and soldiers from Russian FPV drones were once used to haul herring and cod from the Baltic sea.
As Kazakhstan forges ahead with a plan to build up a state-of-the-art surveillance network, it's increasingly relying on Chinese hardware. That’s raising concerns among activists and experts that Astana will have new tools to track dissidents and enforce censorship.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his nightly video address to criticize the lack of international response as western Ukraine and other areas looked to recover following a series of Russian aerial strikes across the country killed at least five people.
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