Russia is reviving Intervision, a Soviet-era song contest once pitched as an alternative to Eurovision. Officials frame it as cultural exchange, but critics see a Cold War throwback aimed at projecting Moscow’s influence.
For the first time, evidence shows abducted Ukrainian children were forced by Russia to assemble drones and other military gear, according to a Yale report. Researchers say the practice could amount to war crimes and reflects a new level of militarization.
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, has publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and Russian security services of responsibility for her husband’s death, claiming he was deliberately poisoned while serving his prison sentence in the Arctic colony of Harp
Three years after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities are still preventing her family from holding a memorial service for the 22-year-old who died while in the custody of Tehran’s morality police for an alleged violation of the law on wearing a head cover.
The children of Central Asians working in Russia are in the crosshairs as Moscow clamps down on migrants. Some children have been barred from studying in Russian schools, while others have been denied reentry into Russia.
Ukrainian troops continue to hold defensive positions in the embattled city of Kostyantynivka, a critical stronghold in the Donetsk region, despite ongoing Russian bombardments and drone attacks.
Anastasia Ignatova, stepdaughter of the head of Russian conglomerate Rostec, was the only non-actor featured in the tire company Pirelli’s annual calendar in 2017. The EU says the improbable appearance is evidence that sanctions imposed on her over the war in Ukraine should say in place.
A US decision to suspend a “strategic dialogue” with Kosovo has rocked the Balkan country’s establishment, singling out Prime Minister Albin Kurti as a source of growing frustration in Washington -- his country's prime political and military guarantor.
Two men accused of attempting to smuggle US military technology to China and harassing a dissident Chinese-American artist have escaped house arrest in Serbia, sparking an international search.
Iranian protest musicians became powerful voices of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, inspiring crowds and facing severe repression. Their anthems united protesters, showing why authorities now see music as a major threat.
US President Donald Trump has demanded NATO countries stop buying Russian oil. Just three nations do: Hungary, Slovakia, and Turkey. Why do they? And can they, will they, stop?
The European Commission will present a new sanctions package proposal on Russia to the club’s 27 member states early next week to further ratchet up pressure on the Kremlin, including measures aimed at curtailing Russian oil, which US President Donald Trump has called on Europe to stop purchasing.
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