The death in of an Iranian man who burned a poster of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an online video, has sparked protests in the country, with others now copying the gesture.
Afghans dug through the debris of collapsed homes on November 3 in the wake of a 6.3 earthquake that struck the country's north, killing at least 20 people. Areas around the city of Mazar-e Sharif were badly damaged, including the city's historic Blue Mosque, with hundreds injured.
Russian singer Diana Loginova, also known as Naoko, has become a rising star on social media after she received a second jail sentence on October 28. Now accused of discrediting the Russian Army, she and guitarist Aleksandr Orlov were arrested following a street concert in St. Petersburg.
Russian oil has been a prime cash source for the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. So will the newly announced US sanctions against Russian energy giants LUKoil and Rosneft have an effect on Vladimir Putin's war chest? US President Donald Trump says both companies' US assets will be frozen.
Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine killed at least seven people on October 22, including two children, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for increased pressure on the Kremlin. A kindergarten in Kharkiv was hit, causing a fire and the rescue of 48 children.
Ukrainian drone strikes crippled a major Russian gas-processing plant in Orenburg on October 19, causing massive fires. It's the largest facility of its kind in the world and had to suspend gas intake from Kazakhstan. A second strike on a Novokuibyshevsk oil facility also set off a major blaze.
Fighting along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, along with air strikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul, on October 15, has killed dozens and led to widespread destruction, according to survivors.
Explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on October 15 hours after a violent border clash with Pakistan. Tensions have increased since October 11 -- but a cease-fire was announced by both countries following the blasts.
More clashes have broken out along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with dozens of Taliban fighters reportedly killed on October 15. Fighting near the Pakistani border town of Chaman followed three days of escalating conflict between the two countries.
When an overnight Russian air strike hit a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, patients and staff heard a loud explosion, they said, then had to scramble through dark halls filled with debris and broken glass to a shelter. Officials said several people were injured by shattered glass.
Commerce has ground to a halt at a key border checkpoint between Pakistan and Afghanistan following deadly clashes between the two countries. RFE/RL spoke to truckers who have been stuck at the Torkham crossing. Deadly clashes erupted on October 11 at several locations along the frontier.
Ukrainian drone strikes hit a Russian-operated oil terminal in the Crimean city of Feodosia on October 13, causing massive fires. The key energy resource -- the largest oil storage and shipment hub on the occupied peninsula -- sustained heavy damage, with multiple fires reported.
As Russia escalates its devastating air strikes into full-scale "salvos," Ukraine is racing to develop tactical responses. The defense-sector incubator Brave1 highlights some of the most promising high-tech solutions on the horizon.
Classmates of a 15-year-old Ukrainian killed along with three family members in the village of Lapayivka in western Ukraine expressed disbelief on October 6 over the loss. The massive attack a day earlier has been called one of the worst so far in western Ukraine.
A 15-year-old girl was forced into marriage with a 28-year-old man in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan, her father says. Social services officials tried to prevent the wedding but it proceeded in August, garnering viral social media coverage.
Neighbors of an Uzbek grain farmer recorded a night-time visit by police, who they say threatened the man, accusing him of falling short of state production quotas. Although Uzbek law guarantees farmers independence, many report they are still harassed and threatened over productivity.
Overnight Russian air strikes burned out apartments and hit civilian buildings in three Ukrainian regions on September 24. Ukrainian officials, in turn, said they hit Russian oil processing facilities in Salavat and Novorossiisk, in a growing campaign to attack distant petrochemical infrastructure.
Russian forces are trying to advance on Kostyantynivka from several directions and the Kremlin wants to cut off Ukrainian forces' access to supply routes, which make this city a prime target. Locals face constant shelling and disruptions to the water and electricity supply, some clearly rattled.
Survivors of a Russian air strike that killed 25 retirees who had gathered to collect their pension checks described shock and grief to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. As volunteers helped them evacuate, one woman said she was spared only because two dead men fell on top of her.
Deadly Russian drone strikes hit a key Ukrainian government building for the first time since Moscow's full-scale invasion began, Kyiv said. The September 7 attack on Kyiv's Cabinet of Ministers building was part of Russia's biggest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since February 2022.
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