In an episode of SEAL Team, a military drama on CBS, elite U.S. forces are sent to protect an Azerbaijani power plant from an incursion, possibly by an "Armenian militia." The show kicked off a firestorm on social media as Armenians accused its makers of bias and suggested Azerbaijan had paid for it.
After Serhiy Nykonenko was killed in eastern Ukraine, his daughter joined the fight against pro-Russia separatists. The family is now grieving again.
Young Tajik men are being taken from the streets by people in plain clothes and reportedly sent to serve in the army for two years. Sometimes, the men are taken without any prior notice.
Russian troops moved quickly into the northern Syrian town of Manbij, just after U.S. forces pulled out. Russian video of the things left behind went viral on social media. The town has attracted various fighting factions as Turkey continues its offensive against Kurdish militias in the area.
It has been one year since the October 7, 2018 general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the country is still without a national and many lesser governments as the country's 148 parties(!) -- many of them ethnically based -- fail to form coalitions. Many people also blame Bosnia's elaborate, overlapping, and many-layered governments for the ongoing dysfunction. Here's an attempt to explain Bosnia's labyrinthian governmental system.
The head of a prison in the Russian region of Karelia denied charges that staff had abused inmates -- until a video surfaced this month showing a brutal beating. Several prisoners say one of the attackers seen in the footage is the prison chief himself.
Stasi officer Timmi Allen was fast asleep when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, while East Germany's designated prime minister, Hans Modrow, was equally oblivious at a Communist Party meeting. Many were celebrating, but these men were assailed by doubt and uncertainty. This story is taken from a documentary, which can be viewed on the link below.
Sabrina Chumak has spent most of her young life growing up near the death and destruction in eastern Ukraine. Every night she prays for an end to the war.
Dolphin shows are popular on Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula, which is controlled by Russia. But the venues housing them are falling apart.
Elderly people waiting at bus stops, walking their dogs, or watching TV in dreary apartments -- these are some of the lifelike miniature scenes created by Russian artist Irina Verkhgradskaya. Viewers say her work reminds them of their own older relatives whose lives were shaped by the Soviet era.
An anti-government march took place in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, for a 45th Saturday in a row on October 12. The protesters headed to the headquarters of Serbia's public radio and television broadcaster, RTS, and painted its entrance pink.
Kosovo's Central Election Commission has temporarily suspended the counting of expatriate votes in parliamentary elections after several election workers complained of health problems.
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