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.
Bulgaria's "undisputed media mogul" is the focus of national attention as he runs for the European Parliament -- even though he hasn't been seen for two years.
Iranian authorities in the city of Isfahan have banned women from riding bicycles in public, an act they consider "haram."
Story weaving traditional dance and forbidden love pushed the boundaries in Orthodox-dominated Georgia, got a reception on the French Riviera.
As Kosovo's parliament debated Serbian war crimes, a lawmaker presented a graphic image that she claimed showed Serbian soldiers raping an Albanian woman who, she said, currently lives in Kosovo. It was in fact a still from an adult film that was posted online.
Four days of protests over a planned church have rocked the city of Yekaterinburg. Despite a concession from the city, activists vow to continue their campaign.
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As Romania's chief anticorruption prosecutor, Laura Koevesi put dozens of politicians and officials behind bars. But after being accused of being part of a shadowy antigovernment structure, she was ousted and her case became a lightning rod for the bitter war over the country's endemic corruption.
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