Russian bloggers and tabloids warn of “black widows” -- women allegedly marrying soldiers to claim death benefits if they die fighting in Ukraine. The claims are stoking public outrage and raising ...

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits. As RFE/RL's Andrey ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on the uncertain path of the "coalition of the ...

"This is deportation," says the head of a Ukrainian volunteer group that helps people escape from Russian-occupied areas. He says the numbers leaving are growing.

Short and sweet, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s speech hit on many of the same points that Ukrainian officials have made repeatedly over the duration of the war.

Iranian and US negotiators agreed to hold a third round of high-stakes talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions, a positive signal ...

Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 500 prisoners of war in the latest swap brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Video filmed ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 16th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

After fleeing Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, many musicians found refuge in neighboring Pakistan. But now, amid a renewed deportation campaign by Islamabad, their future is once again uncertain - ...

Afghan musicians were persecuted after the Taliban gained control of their country in 2021 and many fled to Pakistan. Those who remain there have found ways to continue their profession but now that ...

As Iran and the United States prepare for a new round of indirect nuclear talks in Rome, shifting US positions, sidelined ...