Iran claimed its missiles hit a US warship trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected by Washington as a new American effort got underway to get commercial shipping traffic flowing through the critical waterway.
Iran claimed its missiles hit a US warship trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected by Washington as a new American effort got underway to get commercial shipping traffic flowing through the critical waterway.
Leaders from throughout the EU and other countries met in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on May 4 for the the eighth summit of the European Political Community.
Leaders from throughout the EU and other countries met in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on May 4 for the the eighth summit of the European Political Community.
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said. The incident occurred just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the annual Victory Day military parade on May 9, marking Germany's defeat in World War II, on Red Square.
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said. The incident occurred just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the annual Victory Day military parade on May 9, marking Germany's defeat in World War II, on Red Square.
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack killed five people and wounded several others in the eastern Kharkiv region.
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack killed five people and wounded several others in the eastern Kharkiv region.
The Armenian capital, Yerevan, will get a rare opportunity to be the center of global attention when dozens of world leaders -- and the NATO chief -- gather in the south Caucasus for two European-led summits beginning this week.
The Armenian capital, Yerevan, will get a rare opportunity to be the center of global attention when dozens of world leaders -- and the NATO chief -- gather in the south Caucasus for two European-led summits beginning this week.
A Russian drone struck close to a bus carrying 40 children in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, as the children were heading to a resort in western Ukraine amid continued air attacks between Moscow and Kyiv.
A Russian drone struck close to a bus carrying 40 children in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, as the children were heading to a resort in western Ukraine amid continued air attacks between Moscow and Kyiv.
It has been over two months since one of the world’s key oil chokepoints was shut down. And it has meant a seismic global readjustment and a number of creative workarounds.
It has been over two months since one of the world’s key oil chokepoints was shut down. And it has meant a seismic global readjustment and a number of creative workarounds.
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to intensive care and is "on the brink of death," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to intensive care and is "on the brink of death," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
Ukrainian forces again struck oil facilities in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse early on May 1, a day after launching drones at a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of long-range strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities.
Ukrainian forces again struck oil facilities in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse early on May 1, a day after launching drones at a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of long-range strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities.
Mali is a mess. Russia’s Africa Corps is pulling out of a major city it helped capture a couple years ago, what some experts say was a humiliation. Here’s what you need to know about what’s going on in the West Africa nation, and what it could mean for Russia.
Mali is a mess. Russia’s Africa Corps is pulling out of a major city it helped capture a couple years ago, what some experts say was a humiliation. Here’s what you need to know about what’s going on in the West Africa nation, and what it could mean for Russia.
Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron. But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut off from their usual clients in Europe and China. That has meant a windfall for Afghan saffron dealers.
Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron. But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut off from their usual clients in Europe and China. That has meant a windfall for Afghan saffron dealers.
EU ambassadors gave a green light to both a 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine and the latest round of sanctions on Russia, but another decision went largely unnoticed: the creation of a working group to draft Montenegro’s EU accession treaty.
EU ambassadors gave a green light to both a 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine and the latest round of sanctions on Russia, but another decision went largely unnoticed: the creation of a working group to draft Montenegro’s EU accession treaty.