US President Donald Trump threatened Russia with "severe" tariffs if there is no cease-fire agreement between Kyiv and Moscow ...

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The Iranian film Bidad has won the Special Jury Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival. Director Soheil Beiraghi, who faces prison in Iran, thanked Iranian women for inspiring him. The movie focuses on ...

Ukraine, Russia, and much of the rest of the world are awaiting a planned “major statement” on the conflict by US President ...

With global scrutiny escalating over a Kyrgyzstan-registered cryptocurrency exchange allegedly moving billions of dollars in ...

EU foreign ministers are set to rubber stamp an agreement to impose sanctions on people and entities the bloc deems guilty of ...

Ukraine experienced a rare respite from Russia's relentless drone attacks overnight from July 12-13, marking the first such ...

As warfare on Ukraine’s front lines evolves, Ukrainian artillery crews continue to hold the defenses in the war-torn Donetsk region amid relentless Russian drone attacks.

A popular Afghan singer has been missing for more than a month in Kabul, where she shot to fame with her performance on a ...

Ukrainian artillerymen hold the front line in the Donetsk region amid constant Russian drone attacks. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service visited a unit near Soledar that is in constant threat of aerial ...

The city of Kostyantynivka is considered a key target for the ongoing Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region. With ...

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