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April 14, 2017
As Macedonia’s Political Deadlock Drags On, Economy Slows And Social Costs Mount

Worries are rising over the economic and social costs as protests intensify around a lengthy political crisis that has left Macedonia without a government.

April 14, 2017
Analysis: Ahmadinejad, Iran's Greatest Foil, Is Back In The Spotlight

He's back. The white polyester shirt that glistens in the light; the salesman's shark-toothed grin; the restless arms, always waving and throwing victory signs: Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Iran's combative and polarizing former president, has reentered the political spotlight.
April 13, 2017
Iranians Make A Run For It, But They're Already Out Of The Presidential Race

Despite having zero chance of getting on the ballot for May's presidential election, some Iranians insist on trying anyways.
April 13, 2017
Tillerson's Visit To Moscow Does Little To Heal Rift, Clear Confusion

Headlines and analysts' comments from around the world suggest there was little common ground when U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and then President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
April 12, 2017
Turkmen Leader Hoards Asian-Games Anthem Glory

A song by autocratic Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has been chosen as the official anthem of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games that the country will host in September.
April 12, 2017
Tajikistan Orders Police To Attend The Theater

Police in Tajikistan have been ordered to go to the theater at least once a month in what officials call part of an effort to improve the moral and spiritual awareness of the force.
April 11, 2017
Putin's National Guard Cracks Down On Opposition Activists In Irkutsk

In the days following a peaceful, legal protest against corruption in Irkutsk, its organizers say subsequent detentions by masked troops were intended to send a message of strength ahead of next spring's presidential vote.
April 11, 2017
Gay Chechens Give Accounts Of Roundups, Beatings, Extortion

Amid worrying reports of a campaign of persecution against homosexuals in Chechnya, three gay men tell of the physical and mental abuse they escaped.
April 11, 2017
Russia's Sidelined Soccer-Fan Chief Says Police Cracking Down Ahead Of World Cup

Russia heralded football fan chief Aleksandr Shprygin as a hero during the violence at Euro 2016 in France, but he has been sidelined as the country looks to clean up its image before it hosts the World Cup in 2018.
April 10, 2017
Iranians Express Solidarity With Victims Of Alleged Chemical Attack In Syria

Iranians have demonstrated at the location of a decades-old chemical attack to condemn a suspected gas attack on a Syrian town last week that killed dozens of civilians, and to call for an end to the use of such weapons.
April 10, 2017
Kremlin Critic Navalny's Jail Switcheroo Leaves Press, Supporters Hanging

A crowd of reporters and supporters waited outside a Moscow jail on April 10 for Aleksei Navalny to walk free after a 15-day jail sentence, only to find that the ardent Kremlin critic had been secretly moved to another facility.
April 07, 2017
Russians Ask: 'Where Were Our Vaunted Air Defense Systems?'

Military analysts say that Russia’s sophisticated air-defense systems stationed in Syria could not intercept the U.S. cruise-missile strike on a Syrian air base because they were out of range.

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Saturday 15 April 2017

As Macedonia’s Political Deadlock Drags On, Economy Slows And Social Costs Mount

Analysis: Ahmadinejad, Iran's Greatest Foil, Is Back In The Spotlight

Iranians Make A Run For It, But They're Already Out Of The Presidential Race

Tillerson's Visit To Moscow Does Little To Heal Rift, Clear Confusion

Turkmen Leader Hoards Asian-Games Anthem Glory

Tajikistan Orders Police To Attend The Theater

Putin's National Guard Cracks Down On Opposition Activists In Irkutsk

Gay Chechens Give Accounts Of Roundups, Beatings, Extortion

Russia's Sidelined Soccer-Fan Chief Says Police Cracking Down Ahead Of World Cup

Iranians Express Solidarity With Victims Of Alleged Chemical Attack In Syria

Kremlin Critic Navalny's Jail Switcheroo Leaves Press, Supporters Hanging

Russians Ask: 'Where Were Our Vaunted Air Defense Systems?'

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