As the war approaches its one-month mark, ordinary Iranians describe sleepless nights, constant fear, and a country being destroyed. Some want it to end. Others are holding out for victory. Nearly all are exhausted.
A persistent and widening gap between trade data from Kyrgyzstan and China is raising concerns, exposing weaknesses in customs tracking, transit trade oversight, and potential corruption risks across a key Central Asian trade corridor.
US lawmakers from both parties sharply condemned Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children during a congressional hearing on March 25, presenting a united front in support of accountability for what witnesses described as one of the gravest ongoing crimes of the war.
RFE/RL spoke with Landon Derentz, former White House energy director during the first Trump administration and now vice president for energy and infrastructure at the Atlantic Council, about how global energy markets are interpreting the war with Iran -- and what may come next.
US allies in the Persian Gulf have borne the brunt of Iran’s retaliation to the US-Israeli bombing campaign of the Islamic republic. Now, they are considering whether to directly enter the fight against Tehran.
A former IRGC commander turned parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf survived corruption scandals and four failed presidential bids to emerge -- after US-Israeli strikes decimated Iran's leadership -- as the Islamic republic's arguably most powerful figure.
Iran appears to have dismissed a 15-point US plan to end the war that has spilled across the Gulf and roiled global energy markets.
Fred Fleitz, vice chair of the America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security, told RFE/RL he is “cautiously optimistic” about possible US-Iran talks on ending the war but said Washington is reinforcing its military position to pressure Tehran into a deal.
As Iranian drone and missile attacks test American defenses in the Middle East, a visiting Ukrainian delegation says the United States is now facing a battlefield reality Kyiv has been adapting to since the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
US President Donald Trump claimed that negotiations have been held with Iran over ending the war in the Middle East. But it is unclear whether this was a sign of a breakthrough or an attempt to buy time.
Pakistan has offered to host talks aimed at bringing the Iran conflict to an end, highlighting the country's strengthened ties in both the Middle East and with Washington.
Tehran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz and chokes off the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East. Faced with new pressure on its gas supplies, talks between China and Russia over the expensive gas pipeline are poised to pick up again.
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