Afghanistan's Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has urged the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the Taliban leadership.
Amid controversy over his own methods of maintaining control over Russia, President Vladimir Putin has unveiled a memorial dedicated to victims of Soviet-era government repression and said the years of suffering at the hands of the state must never be forgotten.
Energy politics around the Caspian Sea breeds complications, as a recent example involving Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia reminds us. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
The New York Times and CNN, citing unnamed sources, are reporting that U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been asked to surrender to authorities.
Saudi Arabia says it will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time starting new year, as restrictions on women continue to ease in the ultraconservative Gulf nation.
Afghan officials say a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in the country's north has left at least 13 police officers dead.
Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Catalonia's capital, Barcelona, for what is expected to be a major demonstration in favor of Spain's unity.
Pakistani police say gunmen kidnapped a senior Afghan official in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Catalonia's fired leader, Carles Puigdemont, has called for "democratic opposition" to direct Spanish rule, and vowed to continue "working to build a free country."
While the FBI was investigating possible involvement of the Soviet Union in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Soviet authorities were voicing suspicions that U.S. right-wing groups -- and even Kennedy's own vice president -- were behind the killing, newly released documents show.
The U.S. State Department has targeted nearly three dozen major Russian defense and intelligence companies under a new U.S. sanctions law, restricting business transactions with them and further ratcheting up pressure against Moscow.
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