Efforts to find a resolution to halt Russia's nearly 4-year-old war on Ukraine appear to hit a brick wall after a Moscow meeting between US negotiators and President Vladimir Putin as Kremlin and Russian officials signal little willingness to back down from hard-line demands.
Hungary said it will launch a legal challenge against the European Union's approval of a provisional agreement on phasing out imports of Russian natural gas as the bloc looks to end its dependency on Russian energy.
Shervin Hajipour, the Iranian Grammy Award winner whose hit song became the anthem of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, has announced the release of his state-sanctioned debut album -- a move that has sparked criticism from some of his supporters.
Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry has refuted claims about ongoing talks with Russia regarding border security along Afghanistan, following a deadly attack on Chinese nationals in the region.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has flown back to the United States following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin without meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the Kremlin leader's position on a US draft peace proposal.
Some of the largest protests in modern Bulgaria's history broke out throughout the country on December 1 against a 2026 budget that would see taxes hiked and social-security contributions raised by a government many Bulgarians view as corrupt.
Russia claimed it had captured a strategic city in Ukraine's Donbas region, an announcement that appeared timed with a critical Kremlin meeting with visiting US officials trying to reach agreement on a peace deal.
Former RFE/RL contributor Nika Novak, who was sentenced to prison last year by a Russian court for carrying out her professional duties, has disappeared from a Siberian correctional colony, her lawyer said.
A court in Baku has ordered pre-trial detention for the leader of Azerbaijan's main opposition Popular Front Party (AXCP) after he went missing on the weekend following a police raid of his apartment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at the Elysee Palace in Paris for talks with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, kicking off another week of intense diplomacy aimed at ending nearly four years of fighting in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Azerbaijan’s main opposition party said the Baku apartment of its leader was raided by security services and that the 58-year-old man's whereabouts were unclear.
Russia's main launch facility for sending cosmonauts into space was damaged during the latest launch of a Soyuz capsule, prompting emergency repairs.
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