Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister, known for his tough line on neighboring Russia and strong support for Ukraine, was sworn in on July 8 as the Baltic nation’s president for a four-year term.
Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row this week, the U.S. military said on July 8.
Muslims in Pakistan were holding rallies on July 7 to observe a Day of the Sanctity of the Koran after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm.
The European Union took a major step early on July 7 in approving plans to boost its anemic production of ammunition and missiles within the 27-nation bloc, to both defend itself and quickly help Ukraine in trying to push back the invasion by Russia.
The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the UN Security Council on July 6 over Tehran’s advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow being used to attack Ukraine.
At least four soldiers were killed in northwestern Pakistan amid a surge in terrorist attacks in the country, the military said on July 6.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry criticized Ukraine on July 4 for urging the Georgian ambassador to return to Tbilisi for consultations over the poor health of imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a Ukrainian citizen.
The Taliban is banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said on July 4.
The Pakistani Army's press department says six suspected militants were killed in multiple shoot-outs in Tank and North Waziristan on June 29-30.
The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court on July 5 over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 passengers and crew.
RFE/RL correspondents investigated how companies in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are trading with Russia in "dual-use" electronic components that can be used for civilian or military purposes. Statistics show trade in such goods has skyrocketed since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The Hermitage Amsterdam art museum has been renamed one year after it severed ties with Russia's State Hermitage museum over Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
A top Russian diplomat flew to Beijing for talks with the Chinese government on June 25, just a day after a rebellion by a Russian mercenary commander fizzled out.
The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message on June 25 claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women's lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls' education is severely curtailed.
Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said on June 25.
The United States, Britain, and France demanded on June 23 that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine.
Denmark will host a meeting this weekend of national-security advisers from Western countries backing Ukraine and countries that have not condemned the Russian invasion.
The Afghanistan team’s status for the 2024 Paris Olympics was put in question by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over growing frustration with the Taliban for blocking access to sport for women and girls.
A Hungarian military helicopter crashed on June 21 during a training mission in neighboring Croatia, killing at least two people on board, the country's Defense Ministry said.
Pakistani authorities said on June 21 that they have arrested seven alleged key figures in a human trafficking ring following last week's sinking of an overcrowded smuggling vessel off Greece that left more than 500 migrants missing, including Pakistanis.
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