Kenan Cerimagic

Why Does The Strait Of Hormuz Matter?

After US air strikes on its nuclear sites, Tehran is threatening to shut the Strait of Hormuz -- a move that could send oil prices soaring and trigger global fallout. Here's what’s at stake.

In Militarizing Push, Russian School Children To Build Drones

Russia will soon teach high school students how to build and fly drones, which have become a key weapon in the war between Moscow and Kyiv.

Russian Classrooms Go Military

After rifles and grenade launchers, drones are now landing in Russian schools. A new state-approved textbook teaches teens how to build and fly UAVs as a part of a national project to militarize education by 2030.

Why Is Iran's Fordow Nuclear Facility Hard To Destroy?

Deep beneath the mountains near the city of Qom lies one of Iran’s most heavily guarded nuclear sites: the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.

What Is Uranium Enrichment?

Why Did Israel Attack Iran?

Israel launched a major attack on Iran -- saying it had no choice but to act before Tehran could build a nuclear weapon. Was it enough to stop Iran’s nuclear program?

Fertile Land And Clean Air At Risk: Chinese Mining Alarms Villagers In Serbia And Tajikistan

Living next to the Chinese-owned Zijin mines, villagers near Bor in eastern Serbia and Panjakent in western Tajikistan face the same threat: poisoned air, degraded farmland, and no recourse. At the same time their governments deepen ties with Beijing.

Villagers In Serbia And Tajikistan Say Chinese Mines Are 'Poisoning' Them

Villages near Bor in Serbia and Panjakent in Tajikistan share a growing concern: pollution from Chinese-owned mines. While Belgrade and Dushanbe welcome Beijing’s investment, locals fear for their land and air -- while the mines' owner, Zijin, denies harming the environment.

Tariffs Up, Arms Delayed: Could US Tariffs Disrupt The Ukraine Arms Supply Chain?

US tariffs on defense components risk disrupting arms supplies to Ukraine, raising costs and straining NATO supply chains. Bosnia, a key ammunition producer backed by US investment, could be caught in the middle.

R.E.M. Backs RFE/RL With New Remix For World Press Freedom Day

Members of R.E.M. say that the mission of promoting free expression has always resonated with the band.

This Is How Russia Recruits Chinese Citizens To Fight In Ukraine

Videos spread across Chinese social media platforms show how Russia has been targeting Chinese citizens to fight with its army, offering competitive pay and a chance for rare battle experience.

Recruitment Ads Attract Chinese Citizens To Fight For Russia

New videos spread across Chinese social media platforms show how Russia has been targeting Chinese citizens to fight with its army, offering high pay and a chance for rare battle experience.

Surviving Genocide: How Rwanda and Bosnia Confront Their Painful Pasts

The massacre, which predominantly targeted members of the Tutsi ethnic group, is studied by schoolchildren in Rwanda, while the Srebrenica genocide is barely covered in Bosnian schools.

'To Forgive Doesn't Mean To Forget': A Rwandan Journey To Reconciliation

Victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live side by side three decades after the mass killings that tore the country apart. RFE/RL visited one of the reconciliation villages, an initiative supported by the government and NGOs.

Bosnian Dogs Used In Demining Operations For Ukrainian Safety

A full-scale Russian invasion left almost a third of Ukraine hazardous because of mines.

What We Know About Four Missing US Soldiers In Lithuania?

Four US soldiers went missing on March 25 during a military drill in Lithuania. Search efforts for the soldiers, involving Lithuanian and foreign troops along with helicopters, continue.

A Dangerous Gamble: What Is Going On In Bosnia?

Once called a "breath of fresh air in the Balkans" by Washington, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik represented a moderate alternative to hard-line nationalists convicted for war crimes. Now, Western governments call him corrupt and a threat to regional stability.

RFE/RL President Says Kuznechyk’s Freedom Marks A Win, But Other Journalists Remain Jailed

After more than three years in a Belarusian prison, RFE/RL journalist Andrey Kuznechyk is finally free.

Survivors, World Leaders Mark 80th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation

Thousands of people gathered in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27. More than 1 million people -- mostly Jews -- were murdered at the infamous World War II Nazi death camp. Survivors used the occasion to warn that the Holocaust should not be forgotten.

Oskar Schindler Museum Remembers Auschwitz Victims 80 Years After Liberation

On Holocaust Memorial Day, the Oskar Schindler museum in Krakow, Poland, remembers victims of the Holocaust 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.