Georgian anti-government protesters have formed a human "chain of unity" in Tbilisi. Demonstrators lined up along the streets of the capital hand-in-hand on December 28. Protests have been ongoing in ...

Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

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Uzbeks burn coal, cut down trees for firewood, and gather manure to heat their homes amid energy shortages in the gas-rich ...

Barring an act of God, and despite a serious economic downturn in recent years, Azerbaijan's incumbent president, Ilham Aliyev, will almost certainly be reelected on April 11 with a landslide ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 51st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. Photographer Umit Bektas described to RFE/RL the ...

Nikita Zhuravel, a Russian political prisoner who was beaten by the teenage son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov while in pretrial detention, has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison on a high ...

The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane in Kazakhstan on December 25 was caused by "external interference," according to Azerbaijan's transport minister. At least 38 of the 67 passengers ...

Sevara and her husband of four years have separated after many arguments over what she calls his inability to hold down a job ...

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Four men suspected of planning terrorist attacks have been arrested in western North Macedonia, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said on December 15. RFE/RL has learnt that hundreds of foreign ...