The EU is considering a Czech initiative to restrict Russian diplomats’ movements across the bloc. Supporters say it would curb diplomatic skullduggery; skeptics warn it’s largely symbolic, hard to enforce, and could trigger Russian retaliation.
Iran has approved harsher penalties for espionage and collaboration with Israel and the United States, just days after UN experts warned of a dramatic surge in executions. Experts say the move aims to instill fear in the public and deter unrest.
Authorities in Serbia have said they are questioning 11 people suspected of involvement in a series of hate acts against Muslim and Jewish sites in France, which included placing pigs’ heads outside mosques and daubing synagogues in green paint.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 1 accused Russia of trying to create the risk of nuclear incidents after a drone attack that cut off power to the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power station for three hours.
Russian drones hit apartments, offices, and other civilian sites in Dnipro in the latest in a growing number of strikes conducted in the daytime.
Polish authorities have detained a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, prosecutors in Warsaw said on September 30.
Cell phone and internet services were restored in Afghanistan on October 1 two days after the Taliban imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, a move that largely cut off the country from the rest of the world.
Iran has confirmed that approximately 120 of its citizens will be deported from the United States and returned home this week.
A large-scale Internet blackout swept across Afghanistan on September 29, just weeks after the ruling Taliban authorities started severing fiber-optic cables in multiple provinces, leading to localized outages.
The pro-Europe ruling party of Moldova hailed its major victory over the Russia-friendly opposition in weekend parliamentary elections, a win that will keep the small, impoverished nationon a European path instead of drifting back toward the Kremlin.
Afghanistan's rulers released a US citizen from custody following a visit by Washington’s hostage envoy, the US government and Taliban said on September 28, as the ostracized Taliban rulers continue efforts to improve relations with the West.
Moldova was on a knife edge as the country awaits the outcome of a parliamentary election key in determining whether the country will remain on its pro-European path or veer back toward Russia's sphere of influence.
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