Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Russia today came to agreement with other countries at the Group of Eight summit that Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi has lost legitimacy and must step down from power.
A charity group says the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan could expose civilians there to further danger at the hands of their own security forces, as a police-training program is being usurped by local militia commanders.
An order by President Hamid Karzai to delay the inauguration of Afghanistan's new parliament by another month has raised fresh complaints about his authority and his credibility, with critics suggesting he is trying to alter official election results to create a legislature that is more supportive of his administration.
A dispute between the United States and China over currency policies tops the agenda of Chinese President Hu Jintao's White House talks today with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Tunisia's prime minister has announced the formation of a united coalition government to guide the country's transition toward democracy after the ouster last week of strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
2010 had its share of blunders by newsmakers around the world. Here are the best of the worst.
Some U.S. officials and politicians say WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange violated U.S. criminal law by releasing classified U.S. diplomatic cables on the Internet. But no charges have been filed in the United States, suggesting gaps in the law would make it difficult for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute Assange or WikiLeaks.
Afghan election officials have announced final results from all but one voting district in September's parliamentary elections -- disqualifying a total of 24 candidates who had been announced as winners in preliminary results.
Critics in Kabul say that by suggesting children are as safe in the Afghan capital as in New York or London, NATO's representative has proven he has no concept of the daily fears and struggles of ordinary Afghans.
Some Iraqi Christians who've endured years of sectarian violence are now considering leaving, after a bloody Al-Qaeda assault on a Baghdad cathedral this week.
The price of cotton has soared to record levels on the international market in recent weeks. But in Uzbekistan -- one of the world's largest cotton exporters -- only a handful of elite overlords will benefit.
Tbilisi's unilateral lifting of visa requirements for Russians living in the North Caucasus has angered the Kremlin, while Georgians who live near the border say Russia should follow suit.
The talks are aimed at reaching a negotiated end to the Afghanistan war. They follow inconclusive meetings hosted by Saudi Arabia that ended more than a year ago.
Pakistani paramilitary Rangers say "suspected militants" set fire to 27 tankers overnight that were carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan.
The Afghan government is pushing forward with plans to arm and pay militia fighters as local police in their home districts. But experts warn that the so-called Local Police Initiative could strengthen the power of warlords or plant the seeds of future conflict between rival Afghan tribes.
Pope Benedict XVI has taken his campaign to revive Christianity in an increasingly secular Europe to Britain. But the pontiff faces a difficult task in a country where many oppose his policies and where there is growing anger over church sex-abuse scandals.
A threat by a Christian pastor in Florida to burn copies of the Holy Koran on September 11 -- an act considered blasphemous across much of the Muslim world -- has kindled global debate about blasphemy and the limitations of free speech.
Afghan authorities try to contain an escalating crisis at the country's largest privately owned bank.
Ordered by Kabul to resign, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States says that while it's normal for him to step down after so long at the post, he's complained of a "smear campaign" against him in Afghanistan.
Salman Ahmad has declared what he calls "rock and roll jihad" against religious extremists in Pakistan who claim that music is un-Islamic. As one of Pakistan's most successful rock musicians, Ahmad sees the dispute as a struggle for the future of culture in his country.
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![Abdullah Abdullah is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's most vocal critics. "Nullification of the...elections was [Karzai's] aim right from the beginning," he says.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1045599-ac47-42c7-8841-7a41a98ee644_w100_r1.jpg)
![Abdullah Abdullah is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's most vocal critics. "Nullification of the...elections was [Karzai's] aim right from the beginning," he says.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1045599-ac47-42c7-8841-7a41a98ee644_w66_r1.jpg)
