For Russian dissidents and journalists, life in their home country became impossible after February 2022, while their careers ...

A memorial service was held on March 14 on Kyiv's Independence Square for six Americans killed fighting Russia's full-scale ...

As Vladimir Putin says “yes, but” to a US plan for a cease-fire in Ukraine, here’s what Donald Trump could do to make him ...

Iranian authorities are cracking down on female vocalists who have defied the country's restrictions on women singing in ...

Abdul Hamid Hakimi is a journalist at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.

The EU has removed a number of Russians from its sanctions list after pressure from Hungary and Slovakia, securing a deal to ...

This week's Farda Briefing looks at why Iran continues to reject direct talks with the Donald Trump administration while ...

A Finnish court has convicted a Russian former far-right militia member of committing war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donbas region in 2014. The Helsinki court sentenced Voislav ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 10th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Once called a "breath of fresh air in the Balkans" by Washington, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik represented a moderate alternative to hard-line nationalists convicted for war crimes. Now, Western ...

Russian forces claim to have pulled off an audacious operation, using a subterranean pipeline to sneak past Ukrainian ...

Russians reacted cautiously to a proposed US-brokered cease-fire deal that Ukrainian officials accepted in talks in Saudi ...