Some 18,000 students are unlikely to resume their schooling in a remote Afghan district as millions of Afghan girls and boys return to schools this week after summer break.
Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman vowed on Thursday, September 7, to take necessary steps to prevent Tehran from creating a “Shi’a corridor” in the Middle East and “defend our own people”.
Rivalry and tension between Iran’s executive branch of the government and organs directly controlled by the Supreme Leader is not a new phenomenon. But its shadow hangs over the country’s politics and harms effective governance.
Descriptions given by a top Facebook officer about a suspected Russian information operation on the social-media website during the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election match stories told to RFE/RL about a Russian "troll factory" by its former employees.
For years, China had Pakistan’s back as it faced criticism over its alleged support for or inability to curb Islamist militant organizations often accused of fomenting insurgencies and terrorist attacks in neighboring Afghanistan and India.
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Russia has defended Washington’s decision to order Moscow out of diplomatic facilities in the United States amid a mounting standoff straining already frayed bilateral ties.
Text messages are being sent to millions of Tajiks to remind them they must obey the country’s new law on traditional fashion.
Iranian women are up in arms after they were kept out of a World Cup soccer match in Tehran while Syrian females fans were allowed to attend the event.
In her new report on the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran Asma Jahangir has emphasized that Iran still faces grave human rights challenges.
The son of a prominent Iranian reformist politician has sparked a controversy after claiming that his "good genes" are behind his success in life.
A family of four in Iran has launched a symbolic protest against the cancellation of concerts around the country on religious grounds.
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