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• October 14, 2026

  Girls In Hijabs Turned Away From Azerbaijani Schools Amid Protests Over Dress Code

  A new dress-code dispute in Azerbaijan’s public schools has sparked protests by parents and students after reports that girls wearing hijabs, or Islamic headscarf, were turned away from classes. The protests come after a new ban on clothing deemed incompatible with the secular nature of education.

• October 14, 2026

  Ukraine Tests AI-Powered Drones As Debate Grows Over Autonomous Weapons

  Ukraine is increasingly using artificial intelligence in drones and other battlefield systems to track, identify, and attack targets. Military officials say humans still remain in control of lethal decisions, but developers warn that fully autonomous weapons are moving closer to reality.

• October 12, 2026

  Ukraine Targets 'Russia's Google' In Third Strike On Yandex Data Centers

  Ukraine has struck three of Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers in four days. Known as "Russia's Google," Yandex said it shut down a facility in the country's Vladimir region following an attack on October 11. The strikes have reportedly caused huge disruptions to digital services in Russia.

• October 10, 2026

  Is Russia Preparing To Attack The Baltics?

  Is Russia about to attack the Baltic states? There are no signs of an imminent conventional invasion, but concerns are growing that Moscow could test NATO in other ways.

• October 09, 2026

  Why A Starlink Test In Italy Has Iran's Internet Censors Worried

  A Starlink trial on an Italian hilltop connected an ordinary smartphone to the Internet without mobile coverage, a satellite dish, or an external antenna. It drew attention in Iran, where Internet access is heavily filtered and authorities imposed a near-total blackout during the January protests.

• October 09, 2026

  Deep Debt, Failing Health: Afghans Desperate To Escape Poverty Sell Kidneys To Survive

  As millions of Afghans struggle just to afford food, some have turned to selling one of their last remaining resources: a healthy kidney. The costs can be devastating: One woman said her health has deteriorated since she sold a kidney for a modest sum that failed to clear her family's debts.

• October 08, 2026

  'Psychological War': Exiled Russian Activist Describes How Kremlin Targets Critics Abroad

  Mikhail Klimaryov fled Russia to escape political persecution and now lives in Germany, but says he is still not safe. The constant pressure from Kremlin agents has, he says, driven him to "a kind of paranoia" about his security.

• October 07, 2026

  Oil Tanker Hit By Naval Drones Near Sochi, Sparking Massive Fire On Black Sea

  A Liberian-flagged oil tanker caught fire off the Russian resort city of Sochi after an apparent drone attack, Russian authorities said on October 6. The 23 crew members, all Indian, were rescued. A Ukrainian monitoring site said the vessel as part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet.

• October 07, 2026

  20 Years Since The Death Of Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya

  October 7 marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, a tenacious investigative reporter who exposed the brutality of Russia's war in Chechnya and documented how President Vladimir Putin curtailed democracy in Russia.

• October 06, 2026

  Police, Protesters Clash In Pristina As Lawmakers Debate Bill On War Crimes Court

  Police fired tear gas at protesters outside the parliament building in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, on October 5. The protesters were demanding that lawmakers pass legislation that would limit the decisions of a special war crimes tribunal by imposing caps on prison terms for convicted criminals.

• October 03, 2026

  Belgrade Showcases Lethal Chinese Tech

  Armed with rockets and storming target buildings, Chinese "robot dogs" have made their debut in Serbian military drills, signaling the expansion of defense and industrial ties between Belgrade and Beijing right on Europe’s doorstep.

• October 02, 2026

  'I Don’t Want To Die': Flydubai Passenger Recounts Saving Stabbed Pilot

  Georgian-Israeli dentist Shota Musayev told RFE/RL that he feared he might not survive when he left his wife’s side to help after the lead pilot was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot during a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel on September 30.

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