Live television talk shows have been ended abruptly in Uzbekistan, with authorities complaining that journalists have behaved disrespectfully toward public officials -- a charge that led to a heated exchange between the prime minister and a popular TV host.
A controversy has broken out after a school in the Bosnian capital was renamed for a Bosniak scholar who supported Nazi Germany.
Before a blaze consumed more than 100 family homes in their delta city, residents had sought official protection from "black realtors" seemingly trying to push them out by force.
The death of a volunteer guardian of a memorial to slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has triggered fresh accusations that the authorities are turning a blind eye to violence against the vigil and its activists.
Russian leftist activist Sergei Udaltsov has returned to Moscow after spending 4 1/2 years in prison. He confronts a fractured political environment that is much changed from the one he helped shape in 2012.
The U.S.-Pakistani relationship has had its ups and downs. But Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state with a powerful security reach, and U.S. President Donald Trump this week signaled his intention to play hardball with Islamabad over its suspected support for extremist groups.
If you’re a woman and are infertile or have “too much facial hair” you can’t become a teacher in Iran, according to a new list of conditions and illnesses issued by the Iranian Education Ministry that disqualifies applicants from being hired as teachers.
Kirill Serebrennikov, the acclaimed Russian director who has been arrested on controversial embezzlement charges, has for years pushed back against authorities.
Tajikistan's president has ordered local officials to find a wife and arrange a marriage for a schoolteacher who praised the autocratic ruler during a recent village gathering.
RFE/RL speaks with Ukrainian daredevil Mustang Wanted, three years after the death-defying urban climber defiantly hoisted a Ukrainian flag atop a skyscraper in Russia's capital in "a fit of sincere patriotic sentiment."
In a controversial move, Iranian President Hassan Rohani has reportedly asked a newly appointed female vice president to wear the conservative chador while serving in his cabinet.
Russians appear to be taking the new U.S. visa reality in stride, but some can't help sounding slightly annoyed.
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