An estimated 20,000 people attended a sprawling rally for Belrusian opposition candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya one week ahead of the country's presidential vote.
Amid a surge in the number of coronavirus infections, Iranian President Hassan Rohani says the mourning ceremonies of the Shi'ite month of Muharram will be held. The decision was met with criticism from health experts who worry the gatherings could exacerbate an already bad situation.
A mother, a daughter, a mystic -- letters of desperation span the globe and echo across three generations
Since lockdown measures were imposed in March, many small-business owners across Russia have struggled to stay afloat. In St. Petersburg, the hometown of President Vladimir Putin, one restaurant owner estimates his losses at $68,000, and puts the blame squarely on the government's mismanagement.
Nina Andreyeva, an iconic figure from the late Soviet era, is dead at 81. Does Putin fear reform as much as she did?
Many people don’t know that the Soviet Union sent two Mars landers hurtling toward the "red planet" before anyone else. One of them made it. Almost.
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An Uzbek mother and a state hospital could face each other in court over whether she gave birth to twins or triplets.
Did opposition protesters really storm into parliament in Baku, or was the incident staged by government "provocateurs" to justify a harsh crackdown?
Belarus's Lukashenka says a group of Russian mercenaries in Minsk was plotting to "destabilize the country." What's the real story?
Many older Belarusians may still get their news from state media, but younger generations have turned to social media and independent sites that are far from loyal, let alone fawning, when it comes to authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Amid a worsening economy, worker protests and strikes have sprung up in Iran recently over unpaid wages and poor working conditions.
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