Possible prisoner releases in Belarus before a visit by a senior U.S. envoy may hint at modest progress in talks with Alexander Lukashenko, but a real end to repression will require sustained international pressure, says Nobel Laureate Ales Byalyatski.
The principals behind two Moscow-based animated film studios -- one an Iranian man, the other the son of a former Afghan diplomat -- appear to be involved shadowy business interests, and possibly espionage, directly benefiting Iran.
A photojournalist gained access to a mountain stronghold in Iraq where exiled Iranian Kurds are preparing for conflict against the Iranian regime.
US President Donald Trump has called on allies to help secure the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, urging partners to send naval forces to keep global energy shipments flowing through the waterway amid the Iran conflict.
The Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen -- a key global trade route -- could become the new flashpoint in the US-Israeli war on Iran, experts say.
The Iran war offers huge lessons for the effectiveness of Chinese military doctrine and hardware, both used by the Iranian military, according to Eran Ortal, a reserve Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Two weeks of US-Israeli air strikes have displaced millions inside Iran, raising fears in neighboring countries about a possible refugee spillover that could potentially turn into a humanitarian crisis.
Israel’s largest hospital says it learnt lessons from the 12-day war with Iran last year, and shifted its operations below ground at an unprecedented scale after a heads-up from the authorities.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda spoke to a woman in Tehran, who described her fear and what she is seeing amid the US-Israeli bombing campaign.
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues, a second front between Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Israel is heating up. Israel sees a chance to finally remove a long-standing enemy on its doorstep, and Hezbollah also reportedly sees this as a “last war.”
Efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine have slowed to a crawl as the United States focuses on a widening conflict with Iran, leaving Ukrainians and their allies weighing what comes next for diplomacy -- and the battlefield.
Georgia’s State Security Service has launched an investigation into claims that Iran is expanding its influence in the country through Georgian Shi'ite communities, growing concerns about Tehran’s religious and political outreach in the South Caucasus country.
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