Neil Bowdler is a multimedia editor at RFE/RL.
A Ukrainian man has created a mobile shelter that he says can be assembled in 2-3 hours and placed directly in the home. Serhiy Zakharin was so confident in the product that he tested it by dropping a 1-ton weight on the shelter while he was in it.
With Huthi rebels disrupting shipping off the coast of Yemen and in the Red Sea, what impact is this having on shipping, trade, and the world economy? Thomas Juneau is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa while Professor Steve Hanke is an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. and British forces have hit Iran-backed Huthi rebel military targets in Yemen, sparking fears of a growing conflict in the Middle East as fighting rages in the Gaza Strip. But who are the Huthi rebels, why did U.S. and U.K. forces strike now, and what are the rebels' links to Iran?
A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Filip Kozlov, 39, now lives in Lithuania but continues his activism.
Ukrainian soldiers are manufacturing 3D-printed parts for reconnaissance and kamikaze drones. The drones are being used on the front line, including near the city of Avdiyivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, where Russian and Ukrainian troops continue to fight for control.
A Pakistani activist who led a march from Pakistan's Baluchistan region to the capital, Islamabad, wrote on the social media platform X on December 20 that she had been arrested. Mahrang Baloch claimed police violently dispersed the march, arresting and injuring demonstrators.
The leaders of the opposition coalition Serbia Against Violence and several thousand of its supporters protested in front of the offices of Serbia’s Election Commission on December 18 demanding the annulment of the local election results in Belgrade.
A Serbian opposition coalition has called for the annulment of results in the capital, Belgrade, after President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party coasted to victories in local and parliamentary elections.
As many as 1,500 Afghans were airlifted to Poland after the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, and many say they face economic hardship in the country and are no longer receiving help from the state.
A center has opened near Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina to care for aging residents who lost family members in the 1995 genocide in the town. So far, eight women and one man, all older than 80, are using the center.
The Iranian authorities continue to face protests over the treatment of women in the country. This animated account tells the story of one anonymous woman who joined the protest movement after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
Hundreds of Afghan citizens have been detained in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, most of them in the port city of Karachi, for allegedly not possessing legal residency documentation. But many Afghans complained they were held by police despite having the correct documents.
Female protesters in Iran are posting dance videos to support prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi. He was arrested on August 28 following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove their mandatory head scarves.
LGBT activists say the return of the Taliban to power in 2021 in Afghanistan has resulted in discrimination, torture, and even murder. One gay man told RFE/RL that he had to quit school to protect his identity while another said he and his boyfriend were tortured by the Taliban.
There are still thousands of phone booths in Hungary, even though few people use them and many are in poor repair or have been vandalized. Around half are card-operated, but phone cards were discontinued in 2011. They can still be used to make emergency calls -- if they're not broken.
After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 27-year-old Russian soldier Fyodor was shocked by the scale of the losses. He quit the military and moved to Argentina with his wife, Olena, and scrapes out a living there as a cleaner.
Over 30 years, Ana Furtuna from the Moldovan city of Drochia has been a foster parent to 28 children. When she and her husband first realized they would not be able to have their own children, they took in seven foster kids from an orphanage.
Davit Jeladze was on a family hike when a landslide swept through the Georgian resort town of Shovi on August 3. Jedladze and his 6-year-old niece Masho spent four hours battling through the mud to safety. At least 18 people were killed in the landslide.
The latest reported naval drone attack in the Black Sea is not the first time that Ukraine has allegedly deployed such weapons. A naval expert told Current Time how Ukraine appeared to be using domestically produced naval drones to strike Russian ships in the Black Sea.
An RFE/RL correspondent made a valiant attempt to speak to camera as he reported on a plague of mosquitoes in a Kazakh village. Locals in the village of Boran in eastern Kazakhstan's Kurshim district appeared wearing face protection and giving tips for coping with the swarms.
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