Michael Scollon is a senior correspondent in RFE/RL's Central Newsroom in Prague.
Following a deadly brawl that reportedly pitted hundreds of Roma against other locals in a Russian village, the regional governor accused America and social-media provocateurs of attempting to use the situation to sow panic.
Fears that land will be taken from the people and sold off to foreigners or moneyed elites are fueling a rare and growing protest movement in Kazakhstan.
A Russian-born astronomer is part of a duo at a U.S. university that has used math and computer models to predict that our solar system indeed has an as-yet unseen ninth planet, some 10 times more massive than Earth.
Saudi Arabia's military intervention against Iranian-backed militants in Yemen has raised the stakes in a region already wracked by multiple conflicts, and reverberates well beyond the Middle East. Here's a look at who has a stake in the fight.
When Islamic State militants announced their arrival in Afghanistan, skeptics questioned whether they could gain a foothold in a crowded militant scene. But recent moves show that Kabul is beginning to take the threat very seriously.
It's a world away from Disneyland. But Kyrgyzstan is in the midst of its own measles outbreak, spurred by a mix of bad information, conspiracy theories, and religion.
