Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
The World Bank says food prices are rising due to higher oil prices and bad weather. But prices could fall again thanks to good harvests expected later this year.
In Armenia, people often regard forests as sources of timber to sell. But one group of activists is planting trees to show forests are just as valuable when they are left alone.
The new president of the World Bank is a 52-year-old U.S. health expert and educator who was born in South Korea. With a background in hands-on health development programs in some of the world's poorest countries, he is very different from previous bank chiefs.
Washington has placed a $10 million bounty on one of Pakistan's most prominent radical Islamist leaders. But with no charges against him in Pakistan, can the bounty lead to his arrest?
The self-immolation of a boy in Pakistan who could not afford a school uniform has shocked those who knew him. It also underlines how much children from poor families in the Pashtun region need help to stay in school.
Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus could reap a bonanza in transit fees as NATO brings home materiel from Afghanistan.
As political pressure grows in the United States for a more rapid drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, a key question is how soon the Afghan National Army will be ready to defend the country by itself.
The world's biggest interbank transfer network, SWIFT, says it will no longer handle transactions by Iranian banks blacklisted by the EU. In this quick explainer, RFE/RL looks at how the move will limit Iran's ability to trade internationally amid controversy over its nuclear activities.
As Iran gears up for parliamentary elections on March 2, RFE/RL looks at the key issues that are expected to dominate proceedings, as well as the personalities who should feature prominently.
Facebook is preparing to sell stock that could bring it an additional $5 billion dollars to invest in what it's founder calls a "social mission." What will it do with the money?
Violence is increasing as Iraq goes through its worst crisis since U.S. troops left in mid-December. Many see the escalating violence as part and parcel of political feuding in Baghdad.
The French parliament has grabbed headlines this week by passing legislation under which it would be a crime to deny that the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 was genocide.
While the EU decision to stop taking deliveries of crude oil from Iran might represent a momentous change and a blow to Tehran, by most accounts -- even in conjunction with a host of other punitive steps -- it is insufficient to force Iran to stop what the West says are efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
The world's timekeepers meet today in Geneva to decide whether to abolish the leap second. What's a leap second, you ask?
For six weeks, Pakistan has blocked NATO supply trucks from entering Afghanistan. Now, as Islamabad looks to reset ties with NATO, there is still no certainty about when the border will reopen.
Fighting between militias in Tripoli is highlighting how unstable the country remains despite the successful overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi.
Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Budapest over Hungary's controversial new constitution. Critics say it aims to turn Hungary into a one-party state by putting the judiciary, central bank, and media under greater government control.
As the year draws to a close, the fate of the euro is much on people's minds. EU leaders have put in place a new plan to restore confidence in the currency. But will it be enough for the year ahead?
World leaders met in Bonn to commit to supporting Afghanistan after foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014. But Pakistan and the Taliban were notable for their absence.
A high-level conference in Bonn has concluded with agreement on how the international community should proceed on Afghanistan. But the absence of two key players underscored the challenges ahead.
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