The Middle Corridor -- a 6,500-kilometer trade route connecting China to Europe through Central Asia and the Caucasus -- has expanded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But can countries work to overcome the problems that have long plagued trade between Europe and Asia?
The lines of authority in the Islamic republic all stem from the supreme leader.
Getting a plum government gig in Russia is a lot easier if you’ve served in the Kremlin’s presidential bodyguard agency, the Federal Protection Service (bonus points if you’ve saved Vladimir Putin from a bear). At least seven former Putin bodyguards now hold various top jobs in government.
The Kakhovka Dam on Ukraine's Dnieper River was destroyed on June 6, 2023, causing unprecedented flooding and endangering the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Using satellite images taken before, after, and a year later, we look at how the landscape near the dam and the power plant has changed.
The upheaval in Russia's military leadership continued as a top general was arrested shortly after the appointments of a new defense minister and a new deputy.
Over 300 journalists are imprisoned worldwide. Journalists are imprisoned on charges ranging from violating censorship to insulting religions and defamation. Explore the map to discover the number of journalists behind bars in each country and the charges (if any) they face.
Here's where the money would go if the U.S. Congress approves the latest package of aid for Ukraine -- and what's currently holding up the legislative process.
Before World War II and a communist dictatorship devastated Budapest in the 20th century, the Hungarian capital was home to several architectural treasures that now exist only in photographs.
A new interactive investigation by RFE/RL reveals the inner workings of a secretive scheme by Russian military intelligence to recruit fighters for the Kremlin's war on Ukraine under the guise of a fictitious private military company.
An Iranian woman writes her thoughts on the hijab, Iran’s brutal crackdown against protesters, and life for women in the capital ahead of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death.
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