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• October 07, 2025

  Iranian Biker Women Fight For Right To Ride On Tehran's Streets

  Videos of young Iranian women riding in Tehran have gone viral amid a heated debated over issuing motorcycle licenses to females. Currently, the law bans women from obtaining a license, leaving them without insurance or legal protections. A new bill aimed at addressing the issue is being debated.

• October 06, 2025

  Friends Mourn Student Killed In Air Strike On Western Ukraine

  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.

• October 06, 2025

  Ukraine Hits Oil Terminal In Russian-occupied Crimea

  Ukraine's military says it hit a major oil terminal in an attack on Russian-occupied Crimea. Social media posts showed fires at the Feodosia oil facility, which supplies fuel to Russia's military.

• October 05, 2025

  Massive Russian Strike On Western Ukraine Prompts Poland To Scramble Jets

  Poland scrambled fighter jets after Russia launched massive missile and drone attacks on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on October 5.

• October 05, 2025

  Uzbek Father Demands Justice After His Teen Daughter Was Forcibly Married

  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.

• October 04, 2025

  Georgian Police Fire Tear Gas To Repel Protesters From Presidential Palace

  Georgian riot police used tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannon to repel anti-government protesters from the country's presidential palace

• October 04, 2025

  Inside The Ukrainian Passenger Train Struck By A Russian Drone

  Russian drones continued to buzz around the Shostka train station hours after a strike.

• October 04, 2025

  Armed Police Threaten Uzbek Farmer Over Size Of Grain Harvest

  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.

• October 03, 2025

  Ukrainian Civilians Evacuate Kupyansk Amid Russian Drone Strikes

  Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko joined Ukrainian volunteers who are helping local residents evacuate the frontline area near Kupyansk, a key defensive position that is being heavily targeted by Russian forces. Many of the evacuation requests come from concerned relatives.

• October 02, 2025

  Ukrainian Prisoners Return Home After Years In Russian Detention

  Ukraine and Russia conducted a large-scale prisoner swap with 205 people on each side returning home on October 2. Many of the freed Ukrainian prisoners, who included 20 civilians, had been in Russian detention for longer than three years.

• October 02, 2025

  Situation 'Critical' As Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant Runs On Emergency Generators

  Power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine have been cut off for over a week. That means that the plant, which is not currently generating its own power, is relying on diesel generators to keep its nuclear reactors cool.

• October 01, 2025

  Afghan Internet Blackout Hits Flights, Banks, Hospitals, And More

  Safi can't call his parents -- but the Taliban's decision to switch off the Internet in Afghanistan is not only putting people offline. Flights have been canceled, banks shut, and hospitals unable to operate. RFE/RL's Safi Stanikzai reports.

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