https://www.rferl.org/z/645 The latest news from RFE/RL's broadcast region. https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org/z/645 en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sat, 09 May 2026 13:28:22 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Russia staged its most pared-down Victory Day parade in years on May 9 amid heightened fears that Ukraine might disrupt proceedings. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ictory-day-parade-putin-speech-ukraine-war/33753222.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ictory-day-parade-putin-speech-ukraine-war/33753222.html Sat, 09 May 2026 11:47:28 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineNewsRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL's Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing updates and analysis. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-hormuz-oil-blockade-gulf-israel/33640284.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-hormuz-oil-blockade-gulf-israel/33640284.html Sat, 09 May 2026 09:01:00 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to steady ties with Italy and the Vatican during a visit to Rome shaped by disputes over Iran, NATO, and migration. He also defended Washington’s military posture in the Middle East and warned Tehran against trying to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz. https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-rome-vatican-iran-hormuz-ukraine-nato-troops/33752859.html https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-rome-vatican-iran-hormuz-ukraine-nato-troops/33752859.html Fri, 08 May 2026 18:52:11 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline US President Donald Trump announced a three-day cease-fire in the war between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides quickly confirming they had agreed to the truce along with a major prisoner swap. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-victory-day-cease-fire-drone-attacks/33752482.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-victory-day-cease-fire-drone-attacks/33752482.html Fri, 08 May 2026 08:39:19 +0200 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Iran said it was reviewing the latest US proposal that sources say would end the fighting but leave several key issues open, as US President Donald Trump claimed a deal was “very possible” but also warned of renewed fighting if Tehran rejected the deal. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-peace-proposal-trump-ceasefire-hormuz/33751441.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-peace-proposal-trump-ceasefire-hormuz/33751441.html Thu, 07 May 2026 01:31:41 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Russia warned Kyiv-based diplomats and representatives of international organizations to prepare to evacuate the Ukrainian capital, saying its forces would launch a "massive" missile attack against the city if Ukraine disrupted its May 9 World War II commemorations. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyiv-ukraine-victory-day-wwii-attack-parade/33751440.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyiv-ukraine-victory-day-wwii-attack-parade/33751440.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:20:24 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone hit a kindergarten in northern Ukraine, and Moscow launched scores of drones and missiles across the country, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of ignoring a Kyiv-proposed cease-fire. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kindegarten-drone-cease-fire-attacks-war/33751265.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kindegarten-drone-cease-fire-attacks-war/33751265.html Wed, 06 May 2026 19:34:41 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it will face "a much higher level and intensity" of strikes if it fails to agree to a peace deal that the two sides are reportedly closing in on. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warns-strikes-iran-refuses-deal/33751227.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warns-strikes-iran-refuses-deal/33751227.html Wed, 06 May 2026 15:37:44 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Beijing has reiterated its call for a “comprehensive ceasefire” in the Iran-US conflict and for a return to normal passage through the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi kicked off his first visit to China since the conflict erupted at the end of February. https://www.rferl.org/a/china-ceasefire-iran-us-trump-xi-summit/33751180.html https://www.rferl.org/a/china-ceasefire-iran-us-trump-xi-summit/33751180.html Wed, 06 May 2026 14:03:13 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown StoriesChina Russian forces hit at least three cities across Ukraine, using "glide bombs" and drones, killing more than two dozen people and wounding dozens of others, in one of the bloodiest attack on Ukraine in months. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strikes-flamingo-drones-/33750580.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strikes-flamingo-drones-/33750580.html Tue, 05 May 2026 18:12:47 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump has announced that the operation called Project Freedom to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be “paused for a short period of time.” https://www.rferl.org/a/us-iran-war-cease-fire-shipping-blockade/33750501.html https://www.rferl.org/a/us-iran-war-cease-fire-shipping-blockade/33750501.html Tue, 05 May 2026 16:39:57 +0200 NewsIranThe Rundown Headline Iran claimed its missiles hit a US warship trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected by Washington as a new American effort got underway to get commercial shipping traffic flowing through the critical waterway. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-hormuz-shipping-threats/33749632.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-hormuz-shipping-threats/33749632.html Mon, 04 May 2026 17:36:40 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack killed five people and wounded several others in the eastern Kharkiv region. https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-drone-strike-kremlin-parade-ukraine/33748578.html https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-drone-strike-kremlin-parade-ukraine/33748578.html Mon, 04 May 2026 10:56:52 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone struck close to a bus carrying 40 children in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, as the children were heading to a resort in western Ukraine amid continued air attacks between Moscow and Kyiv. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strike-children-bus-dnipropetrovsk/33748138.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strike-children-bus-dnipropetrovsk/33748138.html Sun, 03 May 2026 16:12:12 +0200 UkraineNewsRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Mark Katz, professor emeritus at George Mason University and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, tells RFE/RL in an interview that Moscow is walking a narrowing tightrope -- one that could reshape its influence both in Tehran and far beyond. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-mark-katz-strategic-ties/33747729.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-mark-katz-strategic-ties/33747729.html Sat, 02 May 2026 23:58:58 +0200 News AnalysisNewsIranRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to intensive care and is "on the brink of death," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda. https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-on-the-brink-of-death-health/33747642.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-on-the-brink-of-death-health/33747642.html Sat, 02 May 2026 14:34:31 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline EU ambassadors gave a green light to both a 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine and the latest round of sanctions on Russia, but another decision went largely unnoticed: the creation of a working group to draft Montenegro’s EU accession treaty. https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-step-montenegro-accession/33747077.html https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-step-montenegro-accession/33747077.html Fri, 01 May 2026 15:44:11 +0200 NewsMontenegroEuropeNews Analysis The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned ahead of the opening of the 2026 exhibition, following controversy linked to Russia’s return to the event for the first time since the Ukraine war began. https://www.rferl.org/a/venice-biennale-jury-resigns-russia-return/33747083.html https://www.rferl.org/a/venice-biennale-jury-resigns-russia-return/33747083.html Fri, 01 May 2026 14:58:14 +0200 RussiaNewsThe Rundown Stories Max Meizlish, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and a former official at the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), looks behind the "mafia state" that makes up the Iranian regime. https://www.rferl.org/a/meizlish-iran-supreme-leader-khamenei/33746594.html https://www.rferl.org/a/meizlish-iran-supreme-leader-khamenei/33746594.html Fri, 01 May 2026 10:21:37 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline An Russian oligarch and top business executives are using A7, an influential payments company implicated a vast sanctions evasions scheme relying on a ruble-backed cryptocurrency, for their own transactions. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-a7a5-ilan-shor-investigation-sanction-evasion/33746026.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-a7a5-ilan-shor-investigation-sanction-evasion/33746026.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:34:06 +0200 NewsMoldovaRussiaThe Rundown Stories