Unable to speak due to a severe laceration of the throat, a Ukrainian soldier has been writing the story of how Russian troops dumped him with dead comrades.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Hungarian authorities have launched a probe into the disappearance of key components from eight MiG-29 fighter jets and whether the parts may have ended up in Ukraine.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Sola lost eight members of her family, including all her male relatives, in Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in years.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The death toll in a massive earthquake in Afghanistan last week has been nearly doubled to 2,205 as rescue workers continue to trickle into the remote mountainous area flattened by the disaster.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
US President Donald Trump told his Polish counterpart the United States was ready to increase its military presence in the Central European nation, one of the countries on NATO’s so-called “eastern flank” warily watching Russia's actions.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The ad hoc alliance of mostly European countries -- known as the "Coalition of the Willing" -- that pledged to provide a viable post-war security plan for Ukraine has had months of meetings with few clear results. But some officials believe this will change at a meeting of the group on September 4.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Ursula von der Leyen’s plane faced GPS jamming over Bulgaria, forcing pilots to rely on backups. Experts warn such interference is increasingly used in conflict zones, disrupting navigation and sowing confusion. So, how does GPS jamming work?| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Dozens of Afghan commandos are being airdropped into a remote mountainous region along the eastern border with Pakistan to help in the race to rescue victims of an earthquake late last week that has claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people, according to Taliban authorities.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Hungary and Slovakia are again challenging EU sanctions on Russia, pushing to remove key figures from the blacklist ahead of a fast-approaching deadline.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Russian drone strikes are driving people out of villages in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region. The Proliska humanitarian organization says evacuation requests are soaring while transport is in short supply. For some, delaying the decision to leave has ended in tragedy.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods over its Russian oil imports has escalated tensions between Washington and one of its key Indo-Pacific allies.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Ukrainian drone operators have equipped small UAVs with net launchers that can intercept Russian drones flying above the battlefield. Soldiers who spoke to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service say the unorthodox defense has helped neutralize Russian attacks and offers infantry life-saving protection.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, bolstered by the presence of key European allies, will meet President Donald Trump on August 18 in a session that could help decide his embattled nation's future, even as Trump appeared to shift the burden to Zelenskyy to end the war with Russia.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
More than 340 people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan, where thousands of rescuers struggled through rain and mud following deadly landslides and flooding that buried villages.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
European leaders are set to join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s planned meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss steps toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv continue to exchange air strikes.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed battlefield gains on its eastern front against Russian forces on August 16 as both sides sought military advantages ahead of Zelenskyy’s planned White House meeting with President Donald Trump.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
A much-anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has broken up without a deal on a cease-fire in Ukraine and with neither man taking questions from journalists at a news conference.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russian regulators moved to restrict the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest in a major step to push Russians onto a newly launched government-managed "super app."| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
In Ukraine's Kherson region, north of Crimea, farmers have had to run from cover as Russian drones patrol the skies over their fields.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russia launched hundreds of drones and more than two dozen missiles in a massive attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at least two people, including one in the capital, Kyiv, which came under fire a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Across Kazakhstan, and more broadly in Central Asia, an evolving censorship achieved by various means -- from algorithmic deletions to orchestrated account takeovers and from legal persecution to digital coercion -- is plaguing the region's fledgling independent media.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russian drones and missiles unleashed a deadly assault on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa and other cities on July 19, leaving at least one dead and several injured, as Moscow's relentless attacks on civilian areas escalate amid faltering cease-fire efforts.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
This edition of the Farda Briefing explores why Iranian media are voicing deep suspicions about the warming relationship between Azerbaijan and Syria, two players whose shifting alliances could challenge Tehran’s regional interests.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
In July 1989, a 64-year-old Ukrainian man was executed. He was the last member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army to be put to death by Soviet authorities.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
European powers are warning Iran that time is running out to strike a nuclear deal with the United States, threatening to trigger a UN sanctions snapback if Tehran fails to make verifiable commitments, even as President Donald Trump insists Washington is in no rush for new talks.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban rulers have detained several Islamic clerics. Most of those incarcerated have publicly criticized the Taliban government or offered advice on how to change or improve vital policies.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British and Polish prime ministers Keir Starmer and Donald Tusk have jointly called on Russia to agree to a full and unconditional 30-day cease-fire, while pledging increased support for Ukraine.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
US tariffs on defense components risk disrupting arms supplies to Ukraine, raising costs and straining NATO supply chains. Bosnia, a key ammunition producer backed by US investment, could be caught in the middle.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
