At least two women have publicly claimed they underwent sterilization after being threatened by doctors at a state-run residential facility in Yekaterinburg.
U.S. researchers say websites in North Macedonia are gathering ad money by pretending to be conservative Americans and spreading disinformation ahead of next month's U.S. presidential election.
Iranians have taken to social media to highlight shortages of insulin pens, blaming Iran's leadership and U.S. sanctions.
Less than four months are left before the last remaining restraint on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals is set to evaporate. New signals from Moscow and Washington point to the potential extension of the New START treaty. But will there be a deal before the U.S. election?
After a Polish law came into force banning monuments that “symbolize or propagate” totalitarianism, RFE/RL's photographer documented some of the country's Soviet memorials. Three years on, he revisited the same locations to see what remains.
Two months into the abrupt cancellation due in some schools of classes normally offered in Russian, students and parents are struggling to adjust. And Turkmen authorities apparently don't want to hear about their problems.
Across the world, growing "pandemic fatigue" may be exacerbating the spread of COVID-19, as countries bring back some of the restrictions they lifted in spring or summer. But in Russia, a second wave has prompted few changes -- and Muscovites have been packing bars and restaurants despite the risk.
Norway has granted temporary political asylum to human rights activist Rafal Gawel, ruling that Poland's populist government had undermined judicial independence and the rule of law. Analysts say the case demonstrates a "fundamental disagreement" in the West over core values that once united it.
Georgia's Davit Gareja monastery complex lies along the border with Azerbaijan, which the two countries have been trying to demarcate since independence. Now, two ex-members of the demarcation commission have been arrested amid claims the ruling Georgian Dream engineered it ahead of the elections.
Many of the state shops that Turkmen rely on for their survival amid widespread shortages are refusing to sell subsidized staples unless customers also buy less popular goods like fizzy drinks, chickpeas, or jelly.
Despite the checks on presidential power, the outcome of the November 3 presidential election could have a big bearing on the U.S. approach toward NATO for the next four years -- as well as consequences for the alliance itself over the longer term.
As they defend fellow citizens swept up in the state's crackdown on postelection protests, Belarusian lawyers face a rising caseload -- and often find themselves targeted for arrest and detention as well.
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