Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has said at a major international security conference in Germany that the United States is willing to meet bilaterally with the Iranian leadership over the Iranian nuclear crisis.
Uzbekistan's Central Bank says citizens will only be able to get hard currency "electronically" from now on. What does that mean?
Many people think phoning on Skype offers more protection from government eavesdropping than using ordinary phones or mobiles. But does it?
A new draft antismoking law could deprive Central Asian migrants in Russia of one of their few pleasures -- a smokeless tobacco called nasvai.
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has brought tens of thousands of protesters to Islamabad and vows not to leave until the Pakistani government resigns. Who looks set to gain the most from the confrontation?
Tens of thousands of Sunnis have been taking to the streets in Iraq, the largest wave of Sunni unrest since U.S. troops withdrew a year ago and pose a major challenge for the government. But the demonstrators' spiraling list of demands has left Baghdad uncertain how to contain the crisis.
Influential Pakistani Muslim scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is world famous for his 2010 fatwa against terrorism. Now, he wants to lead a millions-strong march on Islamabad on January 14 to demand clean parliamentary elections.
The Arab Spring began with high hopes for a better future. Two years later, things look more complicated.
Across Europe, austerity measures are biting as authorities try to revive their sickly economies. But there's one area at least that's enjoying a bit of a boom. Increasingly, people are fleeing to the shadow economy to make ends meet in tough financial times.
From Pussy Riot in Moscow to a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, tensions between freedom of religion and freedom of speech were much in the news in 2012.
Iran has demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency immediately close its investigation into allegations Tehran has a military dimension to its nuclear program.
The UN's nuclear watchdog agency says it hopes a meeting in Tehran next month with Iranian officials will strengthen diplomatic efforts to end the nuclear crisis.
A new report suggests that the United States could become the world's leading oil producer by 2017, a development which could have major repercussions on the global energy market.
Israel faces a stronger Hamas than it did the last time the two fought in 2009. Here's why.
China is changing its leadership at a time when the old economic model that produced double-digit growth has run into big problems.
With the election over, U.S. President Barack Obama faces an urgent problem: how to head off a looming fiscal crisis, dubbed the "fiscal cliff."
The United States wants Maksim Bakiev, the son of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president, extradited from Britain to face charges of insider stock trading. More details about the charges are emerging.
A top Turkish pianist has appeared in an Ankara court on charges of insulting Islam with his tweets. The case is raising concerns over freedom of expression in Turkey.
Western sanctions are beginning to sting Iran's economy. But are there dangers for both sides in pushing Iran's economy too far?
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