Simmering public discontent often spills over in Bulgaria without dramatically reshaping events in this corner of the Balkans.
A 25-year agreement that Iran is negotiating with China has led to controversy and accusations that Tehran is giving too much away. Iranian officials have not released details of the agreement, but text described as the "final draft" is circulating on social media.
For months, there have been doubts about Russia's COVID-19 death toll statistics. One demographer who publicly questioned the government's numbers found himself out of a job earlier this month.
With U.S. forces scheduled to leave Afghanistan within a year, Pakistan, Iran, and Russia see an opportunity to step in.
Many Muslims in Central Asia save cash for years and wait their turn in a strict quota system to perform the hajj pilgrimage that all able Muslims are required to make once in their lives. But the hajj for everyone living outside of Saudi Arabia has been called off due to the coronavirus, leaving many wondering whether to wait until next year or to donate the money.
Kyrgyzstan is facing a severe shortage of medical specialists, hospital beds, and equipment as coronavirus infection rates have shot up in recent weeks.
Average monthly temperatures in parts of northeastern Siberia were more than 5 degrees Celsius higher than usual, breaking the record for the previous two warmest Junes – in 2018 and 2019 – by more than a degree. The rapid pace of warming has stunned climate scientists, despite years of climbing temperatures.
The arrest of a long-time Russian journalist on treason charges appears to have been the first volley of a concerted crackdown on opposition politics in Russia. The homes of several activists were raided in Moscow on July 9, and critics are warning of a new climate of repression.
Raids, arrests, and a terror-related verdict against a journalist examining the root causes of a violent act. Russia's first week under an amended constitution that opens the path for Vladimir Putin to remain president until 2036 was full of developments that deepened concerns among opponents, rights activists, and critics about the country's direction in a potentially harrowing new era.
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Factors ranging from the president's about-face on the gravity of the pandemic to a rise in COVID-19 deaths and the blurring of statistics as well as pent-up opposition anger have contributed to making Belgrade an epicenter of unrest.
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