Amos Chapple is a New Zealand-born writer and visual journalist with a particular interest in the former U.S.S.R.
The US military said it would begin a blockade of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports following the failure of peace talks with Iran on the weekend. Former sailors who navigated tankers through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s say today’s crisis echoes that conflict.
Despite a fragile US-Iranian cease-fire, only a few ships carrying oil and gas are making it through the Strait of Hormuz as hundreds of vessels remain stuck in the Persian Gulf. Former sailors who navigated tankers during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s say the current crisis echoes that conflict.
Sailors who survived the 1980s tanker war in the Persian Gulf in which scores of merchant sailors were killed say the current crisis over the Strait of Hormuz risks a descent into another all-out maritime conflict.
Amid reports Iran and the US are considering charging vessels a “toll” to transit the Strait of Hormuz, maritime insiders says such a move could backfire if other countries decide to charge ships for passing through natural maritime chokepoints.
Images chart the transformation of a desolate coral island in the Persian Gulf into Tehran’s primary oil export hub. Kharg Island has become a key target in the US-Israeli war with Iran.
Despite powerful resistance and lengthy delays, a monument projected to become the “world’s largest” Jesus statue is taking shape near Yerevan with a newly scheduled completion date.
A photojournalist gained access to a mountain stronghold in Iraq where exiled Iranian Kurds are preparing for conflict against the Iranian regime.
A symbol with its origins in a 1954 convention on protecting cultural sites during war has been spotted on the rooftops of buildings in Iran.
Just months ago, weddings were celebrated around a statue to young lovers in Ukraine’s eastern city of Druzhkivka. Today the monument is surrounded by ever-increasing destruction as Russian forces use long-range first-person-view drones and aerial bombs on the industrial city.
Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry insiders say the technology can counter the threat of cheap kamikaze drones, but there are significant caveats.
America's ongoing Epic Fury is the latest military operation with its own name. Here's how that title differs from previous operation names, and where the tradition comes from.
Yaroslav Amosov walked away from a stellar mixed martial arts career to fight against Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. Four years on, he has just been signed to the world's premiere MMA promotion.
Ukrainian mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Yaroslav Amosov left a stellar MMA career to fight Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. In 2022, the former Bellator MMA champion recovered his belt from his mother’s home. Now he has returned to the octagon after signing with the UFC.
They call themselves "military penguins" and belong to a small group from Ukraine's Antarctic research facility who have returned home to fight against Russia's invasion. RFE/RL speaks to Yuriy Lyshenko, whose journey spans 15,000 kilometers from the South Pole to the battlefields of his country.
Soon after his most famous public monument was completed, Hossein Amanat was forced to flee Iran amid the Islamic revolution. The architect spoke to RFE/RL about watching his Azadi Tower being used as a backdrop for Islamic regime military parades.
An online museum aims to make Ukraine’s heritage accessible to the public while many of the featured treasures remain impossible to view in person.
Yevhen Tkachov, an aid worker with the NGO Proliska, has spent years helping Ukrainians evacuate from war-torn towns and villages. He's had more narrow escapes from enemy fire than he can count and has caught some harrowing scenes on camera as drones and missiles hit nearby.
A small but growing contingent of Ukrainians have become veterans both of Ukraine's only Antarctic base, and the battle against the Russian invasion.
A Ukrainian aid worker risks drones, shells, and artillery to evacuate civilians from towns on the edge of Russia’s advance, returning again and again despite several close calls.
An intersection in Tehran has been coopted as a vast visual propaganda platform as domestic and external crises mount for Iran's Islamic Republic.
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