A loose network of Russians is using quasi-legal arguments to evade laws and taxes. At banks, police stations, and inside courtrooms across the country, people calling themselves "citizens of the U.S.S.R." demand their right to impunity before the Russian legal system.
Overwhelmed doctors at Kabul’s Emergency Hospital refused to operate on Salema until her mother could prove her injuries were from a battle, and not domestic violence.
The showdown over plans to build a church on a rare green patch in Yekaterinburg presents a challenge for the Kremlin, but President Vladimir Putin may have something to gain. Plus, a comparative look at the optics of the inaugurations of Putin and Ukraine’s new president.
Russia has listed a number of threats under which it could isolate the country's Internet under a controversial new law.
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An entire department at Russia's Kommersant daily has resigned and hundreds of staffers have denounced attempts to repress free speech -- and one former employee says he saw it coming.
This week, citizens of all 28 EU member states will elect 751 members to the European Parliament. Here's a look at some of the more interesting candidates running for a seat in the chamber.
Tajik authorities say the 20-year-old son of Tajikistan's most wanted man -- a former Tajik police official turned "war minister" for Islamic State extremists -- was among the leaders of a deadly prison riot.
Aerial photos reveal Romania’s hidden secrets and troubled past.
Russian lawyer Aleksandr Busarov thought that if he asked Vladimir Putin's government to rehabilitate some of the most notorious criminals of Stalin's regime, they'd have to say "no." But he was wrong.
A Russian judge who showed leniency in a high-profile terrorism case involving teenagers has resigned after a topless selfie taken years ago found its way into the hands of her bosses.
Thousands of Iranians and Afghans are urging the largest e-marketplace in the world to include Persian among the dozens of languages supported on Kindle books.
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