The woman who will be the face of the new White House when Joe Biden becomes president next month has this to say about those who repeat Russian propaganda: Don’t. Jen Psaki’s message comes amid chatter over a photo from her stint as the State Department.
In Iran, hard-liners are calling for tough action to deter international attacks like the one that killed one of the fathers of its nuclear program. Moderates are warning against closing off avenues to diplomacy with the incoming U.S. administration.
In the last two rounds of local elections around Russia, candidates opposed to the ruling United Russia party made striking gains, despite what observers called unfair, manipulated votes. Now they say their colleagues and other officials are punishing them for doing what they were elected to do.
New legislation proposed in Iran would impose 25-year jail terms on illegal migrants while also giving officials the authority to fire on vehicles suspected of carrying asylum seekers.
The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist has prompted criticism of the security apparatus, which is being blamed for failing to prevent the killing. The attack has resulted in calls for authorities to find the foreign agents that seem to have infiltrated the security system.
Police officers, judges, and investigators who deserted the law enforcement services beholden to Alyaksandr Lukashenka are now turning their attention to holding their former colleagues responsible for crimes against peaceful protesters in Belarus.
It was a year most of us would like to forget, but 2020 did have some powerful good-news stories that got buried under the grim headlines.
As the war against separatists in eastern Ukraine simmers on, efforts to address its psychological effects are under way, with critics saying the state’s response has been slow. At a mental-health hotline in Kyiv, operators handle harrowing calls from veterans struggling with life after combat.
Twenty-five years ago, two Americans’ attempt to win a prestigious balloon race ended in tragedy over Belarus.
High demand for real estate in a sought-after Dushanbe suburb has led to corruption in the distribution of land parcels by the local government. An RFE/RL Tajik Service investigation shows the governor appointed to end the culture of corruption has instead expanded it.
The Arctic is melting at a record pace, exposing a host of threats to the indigenous peoples of Russia's Far North: thinning reindeer herds and fish stocks, environmental disasters, and the arrival of the coronavirus on the heels of a construction boom.
Konstantin Malofeyev, a socially conservative Russian businessman known as the “Orthodox Oligarch,” has launched an organization aimed at making sure the 2021 State Duma elections bring to power people who share his nationalist, monarchist, and antigay views.
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