An opposition lawmaker known for his vocal criticism of the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine has lost his regional parliamentary seat amid a bitter political standoff with authorities in Russia's Pskov region.
The intelligence branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has been very active of late, in what could be a sign that the country's supreme leader is circumventing the government to take out perceived threats to the regime.
An open-source researcher in Ukraine has become the latest cybersleuth to seemingly add a chink to Russia's armor of denial about troop and arms deployments to support separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Afghanistan has launched a social-media campaign to dissuade people, especially young people, from leaving the country for Europe.
Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and take in Syrian refugees fleeing violence there.
Minsk residents are petitioning for the dismissal or prosecution of police officers who were filmed dragging a blind man down stairs at a city subway station.
The man who headed Moscow State University's journalism department for more than four decades has a bleak assessment of the work being done by his former students at Russian state media outlets.
It wasn't so long ago that bicycles were off-limits for rural Tajik girls -- the activity was deemed inappropriate for any young woman who hoped to find a husband. But times are changing.
An Iranian man who barred his soccer-star spouse from playing in a tournament abroad has defended his actions and criticized foreign media for covering the case.
Several Russian soldiers are seeking help from human rights advocates to oppose what they say are secret orders to send them to Syria, according to media reports that add to evidence of a Russian military buildup in the war-torn Middle East country.
Several prominent Russian cultural figures are boycotting a literature festival backed by Pskov Oblast Governor Andrei Turchak, part of an outcry over allegations that the regional leader was behind a near-fatal attack on journalist Oleg Kashin in 2010.
A homosexual schoolteacher in St. Petersburg is waging a legal battle to reclaim her job. Her campaign, among others, challenges recent claims that all homosexuals have been "squeezed out" of Russia's second city.
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