The former deputy mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Serhiy Davydyuk, recounts brutal torture and escape from his hometown occupied by Russia after the 2022 full-scale invasion.
Mass unrest rocked Serbia overnight on June 29-30 as protests intensified amid a police crackdown on the student-led movement.
New Maxar satellite images, taken on June 29, show cranes and people working at the Fordow enrichment complex following US and Israeli air strikes. Vehicles can also seen below a ridge and are parked along a path that was built to access the site.
Thousands of anti-government protesters barricaded streets in at several Serbian cities early on June 30 and demanded the release of fellow demonstrators who had been detained by police as they turned up the heat on populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has accused Russia of wanting to "subjugate" Ukraine and says President Vladmir Putin has no desire to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
As Russian forces push closer to Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, many families already displaced by war are being forced to flee once more. With evacuations under way and the front line advancing, they don’t know if they’ll ever see their homes again.
The EU is weighing new measures against Georgia’s government amid crackdowns on the country’s opposition and democratic backsliding, with options ranging from targeted sanctions to a review of key trade and visa agreements.
Iran could resume producing enriched uranium within months despite significant damage inflicted on its nuclear facilities by recent US and Israeli airstrikes, according to Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog.
Iran and Israel trade deadly strikes before calling a cease-fire as Russia continues to batter Ukrainian cities with aerial attacks -- here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 26th week of 2025 across RFE/RL's coverage region.
Riot police in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, used pepper spray and tear gas against anti-government protesters demanding new elections and an end to the long rule of President Aleksandar Vucic, even as counterdemonstrators also took to the streets.
Amid the war in Ukraine, a girl from Odesa named Nastya Buryk was fighting her own battle with leukemia. Her mother sought out medical care in Israel, where they spent more than two years. But the violence they had escaped in Ukraine caught up with them in Israel when a new war with Iran began.
A Russian drone strike killed a married couple overnight in Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, local authorities said, as the country’s security service claimed it destroyed Russian helicopters and an anti-aircraft missile system in occupied Crimea.
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