Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
The European Union says it wants to know why German police continued a program to train Belarusian security forces months after the EU sanctioned Minsk for cracking down on opposition protestors.
India, the world's most populous democracy, and the microblogging site Twitter are at odds over the issue of limits on free speech. As RFE/RL correspondent Charles Recknagel reports, it's a debate that involves issues of life and death.
Syria is the first country with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to be ripped apart by civil war. The United States and Britain have both warned Damascus not to use its chemical weapons. Here are five things to know about Syria's WMD.
If President Bashar al-Assad's regime is defeated in Syria's war, where will it go? One possibility is to the mountains -- to create a ministate of its own.
The Olympics are supposed to be about winning and good sportsmanship. But things aren't always that clean-cut. Here we look at some of the game's more notorious moments and figures.
The fatal bombing that killed several senior Syrian officials in Damascus on July 18 marks a turning point in the Syrian uprising. The rebels are shifting the fight to Damascus to convince Syrians that Assad is weaker than he looks. And to convince Russia that backing Assad will create chaos, not contain it.
Uzbekistan's suspension of the country's largest mobile-phone provider has left millions of people with no service. What's behind the move is less clear.
As Egypt's election results are delayed, tensions are climbing. The tension is not just over who will win, but also over the military's moves to limit the powers the new president will have.
When Egyptians vote for a president on June 16-17, they will choose between two extremes: a former military man and a conservative Islamist. Sidelined are the moderates in the middle.
Western officials warn Syria could turn into a sectarian civil war. There are signs it already has, including the visibility of the Shabiha militia.
Britain's inquiry into press wrongdoings is increasingly pulling in the country's politicians to testify. The probe has already shed light on how close the relationship between Britain's press and its politicians has become -- and many hope it will suggest ways to remedy the problems.
The European Union has called on Iran to conclude a new agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "without delay" to answer questions about possible military dimensions of the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog and Iran have scheduled a meeting for June 8 as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seeks to secure access to investigate activities at Iran's Parchin military site.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has denied press reports it might exclude countries with poor human rights records from hosting future Eurovision contests.
Someone is infecting Iran's computers with what experts call "the most powerful virus to date." Here are four things to know about the virus, dubbed Flame.
World powers are meeting in Baghdad with Iran this week over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear program. Here are five things to know ahead of time.
As the long-awaited trial of Ratko Mladic began in The Hague on May 16, one country was not watching. Serbia.
When NATO meets in Chicago, Washington will be looking for partners to help fund Afghanistan's security needs after 2014. Any takers?
Serbs go to the polls on May 6 for simultaneous presidential, parliamentary, and local polls. But many voters see little new in their choices.
Another of Peshawar's landmark bookstores is closing -- the third in two years. The closures leave the city ever more isolated in the war of ideas with jihadists.
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