Kazakhstan held a controversial constitutional referendum proposing sweeping political changes critics say could concentrate power in the presidency. The vote took place amid reports of media restrictions, journalist detentions and OSCE concerns about transparency.
Two weeks of US-Israeli air strikes have displaced millions inside Iran, raising fears in neighboring countries about a possible refugee spillover that could potentially turn into a humanitarian crisis.
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
US President Donald Trump said that although much of Iran’s strategic Kharg Island was destroyed in a US air strike, he may order further attacks, while US-allied Arab states in the region reported disruptions to their own petroleum industries amid Iranian retaliatory attacks.
Russian drone and missile strikes killed five people and injured dozens across Ukraine, while Kyiv said it targeted a port and an oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.
Israel’s largest hospital says it learnt lessons from the 12-day war with Iran last year, and shifted its operations below ground at an unprecedented scale after a heads-up from the authorities.
Ukraine's Paralympians have accused the International Paralympic Committee of unfair treatment as the Russian team competes under its own flag at the games for the first time since 2014.
US President Donald Trump said American forces have "totally obliterated" military sites on Iran's strategic Kharg Island in "one of the most powerful bombing raids" in Middle East history and he said the US Navy would soon begin escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyiv has warned that a move by the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the global energy markets amid its military campaign against Iran could add around $10 billion to the Kremlin's war chest to use against Ukraine.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda spoke to a woman in Tehran, who described her fear and what she is seeing amid the US-Israeli bombing campaign.
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues, a second front between Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Israel is heating up. Israel sees a chance to finally remove a long-standing enemy on its doorstep, and Hezbollah also reportedly sees this as a “last war.”
Fresh Pakistani jet and drone strikes targeting Kabul and the Kandahar, Paktika, and Paktia provinces in Afghanistan have cast a shadow over China's shuttle-diplomacy efforts to restore peace between Pakistan and the Taliban.
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