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January 28, 2021
Navalny: 'We Will Never Allow Our Country To Be Stolen From Us'

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny made a statement via video link during a Moscow region court hearing on January 28, but his appeal of his 30-day detention was rejected.
January 23, 2021
Navalny's Wife Detained In Moscow

Russian police detained Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny, during a protest in Moscow on January 23 where -- as in dozens of other cities -- people demonstrated calling for his release from prison. (Reuters)
January 21, 2021
Pakistan: China To Gift Half A Million Doses Of Sinopharm Vaccine

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on January 21 that China has agreed to provide half a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to Pakistan by January 31.
January 18, 2021
A Day In The Life Of An Iranian Nurse On The COVID-19 Front Line

Iranian nurse Somayeh Hosseinzadeh had to work back-to-back shifts away from her family for the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic and says her department at Tehran's Shariati Hospital was like a "war scene," with elderly people and pregnant women dying around her.
January 18, 2021
Body Of American Mountaineer Found Near K2 In Northern Pakistan

Pakistan's military located the body of American mountaineer Alex Goldfarb on January 18 in the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan, the second death of a foreign climber in the area in less than a week.
January 14, 2021
Progress Stalls In Afghan Peace Talks As Sides Await Biden

Afghan peace talks that resumed four days ago are effectively on hold, sources from both sides said on January 13, as negotiators wait for President-elect Joe Biden to signal whether he will stick to Donald Trump's aggressive schedule to pull out troops.
January 07, 2021
Afghan Peace Talks To Begin On January 9 in Doha

Negotiating teams representing the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents held a preparatory meeting on January 6 in the Qatari capital, Doha, with talks on a peacemaking agenda to begin on January 9, both sides said.
January 05, 2021
Migrants Still Out In The Cold After Bosnian Camp Fire

Hundreds of migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries have been sleeping outdoors in freezing weather since a fire destroyed part of the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina. The military is rebuilding the camp to provide suitable winter shelter, but there's no timeline yet for w
December 20, 2020
Iconic Bosnian City Holds First Local Polls In 12 Years

Ballots were cast on December 20 in local elections in Mostar, a historic city in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Among early voters was Irma Baralija, a local politician who has won a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights against the Bosnian state for failing to hold municipal polls in Mostar.
December 20, 2020
Afghan Lawmaker Survives Fatal Car Bombing

A deadly car bomb hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, on December 20. The blast went off as lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak's convoy was passing by. The parliament deputy is wounded but in good condition, according to Interior Minister Masud Andarabi.
December 19, 2020
Armenian Prime Minister Heckled During March To Mourn War Victims

Thousands of Armenians marched through the capital Yerevan on December 19 to commemorate the soldiers killed in a six-week conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. As Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian led the march calls for him to resign could be heard. (Reuters)
November 29, 2020
Belarusian Protesters Arrested As Protests Continue

Security forces were seen detaining people at an anti-government march in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Sunday, November 29. With larger turnouts at the weekends, demonstrations against Alyaksandr Lukashenka have been ongoing since a disputed August 9 presidential election.
November 25, 2020
Afghanistan, Pakistan Included In U.A.E.'s New Visa Ban

The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park.
October 31, 2020
Georgians Vote In Hotly Contested Parliamentary Elections

Voters test electoral reforms intended to provide a broader range of political representation in the legislature. On October 31, citizens are deciding whether a ruling party will run the government on its own for an unprecedented third consecutive time. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
October 19, 2020
Speaking Up For The Belarusian Language Amid Anti-Government Protests

Amid ongoing protests following a presidential election widely seen as rigged, many Belarusians are showing a renewed interest in their native language and culture.
October 16, 2020
Turkish And Israeli Drones Having Big Impact On Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Turkish as well as Israeli and cheaper Russian-made drones are being used to powerful effect during Azerbaijan's attacks in and around the country's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
October 10, 2020
Russian Police Crack Down On Months-Long Protest In Far East

Police in Khabarovsk detained several dozen protesters on October 10 -- the first such crackdown since rallies against the arrest of the provincial governor started three months ago against Governor Sergei Furgal's arrest seen by protesters as a political plot by the Kremlin. (AP, Reuters)
September 28, 2020
Deadly Clashes Continue In Nagorno-Karabakh

Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone entered a second day on September 28 amid international calls for restraint.
September 26, 2020
Ukraine Observes Day Of Mourning After Deadly Plane Crash

The transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and exploded near a highway in northeastern Ukraine in the evening of September 25. All but one out of 27 people aboard died. (Reuters)
September 23, 2020
Lukashenka Sworn In Abruptly In Belarus Despite Mass Protests

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has been sworn in for a sixth term following an unexpected inauguration ceremony that was moved up amid mass protests. Lukashenka claims he won an August 9 election by a landslide but the vote was widely seen as rigged.

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