This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at growing concerns in Iran about the Taliban’s new dam in Afghanistan that ...

Central Asian migrants in Russia face a new wave of crackdown, entry denials, and deportation as Moscow reported a 20 percent ...

The renowned Moscow theater has always been under the watchful eye of government authorities -- including the intelligence ...

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has sparked controversy by removing the word "Russian" from his statement condemning a missile strike in Ukraine, fueling criticism over Hungary's stance on Moscow ...

RFE/RL received video showing dozens of Tajik migrants stuck at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport. They say they were deported but prevented from leaving. Since the Crocus Hall attack in March 2024, Russia ...

A Ukrainian national has been arrested in Italy in connection with explosions, carried out in 2022, that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

At least one person was killed and two others injured in Lviv as a result of Russian strikes with drones and cruise missiles, according to regional authorities. The Ukrainian military said that Russia ...

Russian prosecutors fined a top official at the Yeltsin Center, the library and cultural center dedicated to the late Russian president, after she re-posted an anti-war message on social media.

Russian forces launched a massive aerial attack overnight on Ukraine on August 21, deploying a combination of drones and ...

Russia continues to recruit Central Asian migrants and convicts to fill the ranks of its depleting armed forces in Ukraine. Russian authorities use various methods -- from enticements to coercion -- ...

As peace talks between Ukraine and Russia gain traction, Western leaders insist on enforceable security guarantees for ...

Pakistan continued to be hit by torrential rains with more than 20 people dying on August 20 in fresh flooding that has ...