Officials in Kyiv say air defenses destroyed multiple waves of drones during a Russian air attack overnight on September 29-30, while President Vladimir Putin used a state holiday aimed at asserting ...

Austria's far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party won the country's parliamentary elections on September 29. It's the first far-right victory in a national election in postwar Austria. RFE/RL's Andi ...

Landfills on the outskirts of cities, whether illegal or poorly managed, are a widespread phenomenon in Serbia. Local residents and experts say they contaminate water supplies and cause fires, and ...

Police in Karachi fired tear gas and warning shots after some protesters threw stones and tried to cross barriers blocking access to the U.S. Consulate. The protesters on September 29 rallied against ...

Ukrainian rescuers extricated a woman from an apartment building hit by Russian bombing in Zaporizhzhya on September 29. Medics say she was hospitalized and in serious condition. According to ...

Ukrainian soldiers are being treated to puppet shows to boost their morale. Valeriy Dzekh ran a popular puppet theater in Kharkiv before the war, and is now performing a new play about a man who loses ...

Russian drone strikes at a hospital and a residential area killed at least nine people in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, authorities said on September 28. While the hospital was being ...

Uzbek lawmaker Alisher Qodirov has drawn comparisons to the infamous late nationalist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky ...

The cases of three Kyrgyz women who suffered horrific deaths at the hands of their partners are being tried in court. As the ...

Several buildings of state and public institutions have been vandalized over the past two days in Moldova's capital, Chisinau ...

Flames and smoke could be seen in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, early on September 28 after a night of Israeli strikes.

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