As Vladimir Putin says “yes, but” to a US plan for a cease-fire in Ukraine, here’s what Donald Trump could do to make him ...

Abdul Hamid Hakimi is a journalist at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.

Iranian authorities are cracking down on female vocalists who have defied the country's restrictions on women singing in ...

A Finnish court has convicted a Russian former far-right militia member of committing war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donbas region in 2014. The Helsinki court sentenced Voislav ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 10th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

This week's Farda Briefing looks at why Iran continues to reject direct talks with the Donald Trump administration while ...

US-made weapons continued to be actively used on Ukraine's battlefields despite a temporary pause in military aid from the United States. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir met frontline troops in the eastern ...

The EU has removed a number of Russians from its sanctions list after pressure from Hungary and Slovakia, securing a deal to ...