Several thousand women die during childbirth every year in Afghanistan, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
Kyiv has sounded the alarm as Rassvet, Russia's equivalent to Starlink, takes shape. Experts say the satellite Internet system could have a major impact on the war in Ukraine, but there is one key vulnerability of the Russian system.
A children’s song. Doves. Suprematist art. A Hiroshima photograph. Few were surprised by the court decision banning Russia’s Yabloko party from running in upcoming Duma elections. Many were perplexed over how authorities went about doing it.
In this week's briefing, Rikard Jozwiak focuses on the Ceuta crisis and whether or not Russia had a role.
Comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a visit to Belgrade have sparked controversy in Kosovo. RFE/RL’s Kosovo Service has been speaking to people in Pristina for their reactions.
A shortage of shelters in Kyiv has left some residents complaining they have nowhere to hide amid intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks.
The Russian state entices men to fight in the war on Ukraine by offering high wages and relatively generous benefits. But relatives and activists say the military often avoids paying what it owes by declaring soldiers AWOL despite the likelihood that they have been killed, captured, or gone missing.
For much of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials arrived in Washington seeking weapons, ammunition, and financial support. Last week, however, the message was markedly different as Kyiv looked to be more a partner than a beggar.
Oleksiy Yukov spent years trawling the sprawling Ukrainian countryside for the remains of fallen soldiers, whom he identified so that families could hold dignified burials. Now, Yukov is being laid to rest after being killed during one of his missions to exhume bodies near the front line.
Russian officials make no secret of what a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin is intended to do: strip basic legal rights from many Russians living outside the country, and scare them into silence.
Interviews with residents and police units in Kherson were constantly interrupted by Russian drone attacks. Recent targets include a mechanic riding his bike to work and a garbage truck.
Ukraine's failure to intercept a single Russian missile during a large-scale overnight attack this week has raised fresh concerns over Kyiv's dwindling supply of air-defense interceptors as Moscow escalates its ballistic missile strikes on the nearly defenseless capital and other regions.
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