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• February 01, 2020

  Pompeo: Belarus Doesn't Need To Take Sides Between Russia And U.S.

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for "real progress" in bilateral relations with Belarus following a meeting in Minsk with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka on February 1. (Reuters)

• January 25, 2020

  Thousands Demand Water In Sofia Protest

  A two-month-long water crisis in the town Pernik and surrounding villages, just 25 kilometers west of the Bulgarian capital, affecting about 100,000 people has prompted a noisy demonstration in Sofia on January 25 and a looming vote of no confidence against the incumbent government.

• January 22, 2020

  Spinning Taboos: Sama Dance Group Challenges Taliban In Afghanistan

  A spinning dance troupe is breaking new ground in Afghanistan, as women and men perform a spiritual Sama together. The woman who founded the group says she will not be intimidated by the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islam.

• January 21, 2020

  Deadly Fire At A House For Migrant Workers In A Siberian Village

  A fire at a house for migrant workers in Siberia's Tomsk region has killed at least 11 people, most of them laborers from Uzbekistan. The blaze broke out in the early hours of January 21 at the one-story wooden structure. Local authorities said a criminal case has been opened. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

• January 09, 2020

  Diplomacy In Focus After Iran-U.S. Attacks

  There are renewed hopes that diplomacy will replace threats of retaliation after days of tensions between Iran and the United States, but getting to a lasting agreement between the major powers and Iran looks like a tough task.

• January 08, 2020

  No Casualties As Iran Launches Missiles At U.S. Bases In Iraq

  Iran launched a series of ballistic missiles at U.S. military bases in Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump said the attacks caused little damage, while Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei boasted about them and said the United States needed to get out of the region.

• January 08, 2020

  Ukrainian Boeing 737 Crashes In Iran, Killing All On Board

  A Ukrainian commercial airliner with 176 people on board crashed on January 8 soon after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport. An Iranian official spokesman cited technical issues as the suspected cause of the crash in which all on board were killed. Rescuers have been sent to an area of farmland near the airport where the belonging to where the Ukraine International Airlines (UAI) Boeing 737-800 crashed.

• January 07, 2020

  Iran-U.S. Tensions: Calls For Revenge And Restraint

  The killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone strike has leaders, diplomats, and analysts around the world on edge, wondering where this might lead.

• January 06, 2020

  Paws To Relax: Dogs Ease Stress At Russian Airport

  Russian airport terminals are buzzing this week with travelers trying to get home for the Orthodox Christmas holiday. One Moscow airport is providing a fuzzy, four-legged way to help cope with the stress.

• January 05, 2020

  Croatians Cast Ballots In Presidential Runoff

  Candidates cast their ballots in the January 5 presidential runoff in Croatia's capital, Zagreb. Incumbent President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is facing former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, who won in the first round.

• January 05, 2020

  Iran Holds Massive Rallies Mourning Soleimani

  Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have attended government-organized funeral rallies for Qasem Soleimani, who had led the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' influential Quds Force.

• January 04, 2020

  Funeral Procession Held In Baghdad For Soleimani, Others Killed In U.S. Air Strike

  Thousands of people attended a funeral procession in Baghdad on January 4 for those killed one day earlier in a U.S. air strike, including top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi joined the procession, as did many Iraqis carrying the flags of Iranian-backed militias.

• January 01, 2020

  Protesters Withdraw From U.S. Embassy Perimeter In Baghdad

  Pro-Iran paramilitary groups protesting against U.S. air strikes in Iraq pushed their supporters to withdraw from the perimeter of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

• December 31, 2019

  Iraqi Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy In Baghdad Over Air Strikes

  Thousands of protesters surrounded the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on December 31 in a protest over recent U.S. air strikes that killed at least 25 members of an Iran-backed militant group, Kataib Hizbullah, in Iran and Syria. Embassy staff and the U.S. ambassador were evacuated as protesters broke down a door and burned American flags. Video shot elsewhere in Baghdad shows thousands of protesters marching to join the crowds at the embassy.

• December 28, 2019

  New Anti-Cruelty Law Unlikely To Close Russian Petting Zoos

  An animal cruelty ban which comes into effect in Russia in January 2020 prohibits petting zoos and animal cafes that exhibit exotic animals. Animal rights activists believe immediate change is unlikely.

• December 27, 2019

  Tesla Or Lada? Moscow Car Hobbyist Turns Jalopy Into Cybertruck

  Car enthusiast Aleksandr Trubnikov has been seen driving around Moscow in a Tesla Cybertruck, the electric vehicle unveiled to much fanfare in November. But fans of Trubnikov's YouTube channel know that the futuristic car body actually conceals the guts of a junked-out Russian Lada.

• December 23, 2019

  Putin Inaugurates Crimea-Russia Rail Link

  Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a ceremony on December 23 officially opening railway travel on a new bridge between mainland Russia and the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.

• December 21, 2019

  After Russian Loan, Businessman Orders Putin Statue For Kyrgyz Ski Resort

  A new 2.5-meter statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been unveiled in a ski resort 30 kilometers south of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. The statue was commissioned by businessman Akbar Roziev after he secured a loan from a Russian development fund.

• December 19, 2019

  Putin Slams U.S. Impeachment, Warns Of Arms Race

  Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the impeachment of Donald Trump and urged an extension of arms control measures during a wide-ranging annual news conference on December 19.

• December 12, 2019

  Funeral Held For Former Moscow Mayor Luzhkov

  The lying-in-state ceremony and the funeral service for former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who led the Russian capital for almost two decades and oversaw its post-Soviet transformation, was held on December 12 in Moscow.

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