US President Donald Trump's historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on May 14 has not gone over well with the hard-line media in Iran.
In the second of a three-part interview series, RFE/RL talks to Clifford May, the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the changing world order.
Frontline Ukrainian soldiers in need of ammo, fuel, and food are now getting a steady supply without putting the lives of delivery drivers at risk, say operators of a new generation of fiber-optic drone.
Amid whirlwind diplomacy this week over the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, it seemed like Volodymyr Zelenskyy had gotten the better of his adversary. Now Vladimir Putin has found what he presumably sees as the best way out of a tight spot by sending a lower-level delegation to peace talks.
April frosts and a lack of rain have harmed crops in Ukraine’s Kherson region this spring. Deadly drones and land mines don’t help, either. Russia’s war against Ukraine compounds the challenges facing farmers near the front lines.
Iran has proposed a regional nuclear consortium involving Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to ease concerns over its nuclear program. The plan, presented in talks with the United States, would allow limited uranium enrichment under international oversight to boost transparency and trust.
After over a decade of war and isolation, Syria enters a new era. US President Donald Trump lifts sanctions and meets insurgent-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, signaling a major geopolitical shift.
Ukraine and Russia are expected to hold their first direct peace talks since the weeks following Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago, but little is known aside from the date and the place: May 15 in Istanbul. Here’s a look at how the talks may shape up -- and what the result might be.
After refusing Russian passports, Ukrainians who left Crimea are losing their homes to forced sales. Rights groups say Russia's property seizures in occupied Crimea amount to systematic expropriation.
The EPC, an idea conceived by the French President Emmanuel Macron as a direct response to the war in Ukraine, meets at the highest level twice a year with the host rotating between the 27 EU member states and the 20 non-EU countries.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to separate Saudi nuclear talks from normalization with Israel marks a major policy shift, signaling diminished Israeli leverage and injecting fresh uncertainty into a region already tense over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Cemeteries in Kyiv are nearing capacity as Ukraine’s war dead mount. Soaring demand is driving funeral costs to record highs, leaving grieving families burdened and prompting some to buy burial plots in advance.
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