For Russian dissidents and journalists, life in their home country became impossible after February 2022, while their careers ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 first shot has been fired in a transatlantic trade war that opens up yet another front between the European Union and the United States after their increasingly diverging views on Russia's war ...

A Russian diplomat, quietly pressured to leave Brussels amid espionage allegations, has been nominated for a leadership role ...

Russian forces are scrambling to build on their rapid advance in retaking areas of the Kursk region, claiming control of the town of Sudzha on March 12, and President Vladimir Putin has met with ...