New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the country, resulting in seafood censored from menus, blacked-out museum displays, and covered mannequins.
Archival photos show how Greenland became a Danish territory and why the United States is seeking to take control of the island.
Debate has erupted online after several animals were killed in a Russian glide bomb strike on the Feldman Ecopark close to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
On January 1, Bulgaria will adopt the euro as its official currency. Here's how the country is gearing up for the change.
A Ukrainian theater infamously struck by Russian missiles in 2022 held a reopening ceremony on December 28, while much of the rest of Russian-occupied Mariupol remains in ruins.
Images captured by photographers and RFE/RL journalists highlight the biggest news stories and most captivating moments from across our regions over the past year.
A number of Afghan cultural figures and filmmakers consider the destruction of the historic Ariana Cinema by the Taliban government to be an erasure of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. A shopping mall will reportedly replace it. Built in the 1960s, the Kabul cinema attracted film fans for decades.
Some of the largest protests in modern Bulgaria's history broke out throughout the country on December 1 against a 2026 budget that would see taxes hiked and social-security contributions raised by a government many Bulgarians view as corrupt.
Amid massive Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, one group of firefighters was forced to battle a blaze engulfing their own vehicle after what they claim was a targeted drone strike.
Kyiv has released a list of hundreds of artworks it alleges were stolen as Russian forces withdrew from Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, three years ago.
A glitzy hotel development project led by Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is moving toward reality in the Serbian capital. But protesters are calling for a war-scarred building at the site to remain as a de facto memorial to NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.
Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New photos show how water levels have dropped dramatically compared to images taken a year ago. Iran's water crisis stems mainly from reduced rainfall and mismanagement of resources.
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