Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
The French parliament has grabbed headlines this week by passing legislation under which it would be a crime to deny that the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 was genocide.
While the EU decision to stop taking deliveries of crude oil from Iran might represent a momentous change and a blow to Tehran, by most accounts -- even in conjunction with a host of other punitive steps -- it is insufficient to force Iran to stop what the West says are efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
The world's timekeepers meet today in Geneva to decide whether to abolish the leap second. What's a leap second, you ask?
For six weeks, Pakistan has blocked NATO supply trucks from entering Afghanistan. Now, as Islamabad looks to reset ties with NATO, there is still no certainty about when the border will reopen.
Fighting between militias in Tripoli is highlighting how unstable the country remains despite the successful overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi.
Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Budapest over Hungary's controversial new constitution. Critics say it aims to turn Hungary into a one-party state by putting the judiciary, central bank, and media under greater government control.
As the year draws to a close, the fate of the euro is much on people's minds. EU leaders have put in place a new plan to restore confidence in the currency. But will it be enough for the year ahead?
World leaders met in Bonn to commit to supporting Afghanistan after foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014. But Pakistan and the Taliban were notable for their absence.
A high-level conference in Bonn has concluded with agreement on how the international community should proceed on Afghanistan. But the absence of two key players underscored the challenges ahead.
On December 5, world leaders meet in Bonn, Germany, to recommit themselves to helping Afghanistan. The gathering marks the 10th anniversary of the Bonn Agreement to rebuild Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. But the challenges have not grown any easier.
At the heart of the euro crisis is fear that if urgent measures are not taken, the eurozone could collapse. So, what if it did -- what would happen?
The eight Republican candidates hoping to beat U.S. President Barack Obama in next year's election met in a debate on November 22 focusing heavily on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
A New York court has upheld the city's destruction of the Occupy Wall Street tent city on November 15. But that hardly spells the end of the New York, or global, protest movement.
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art this month unveiled its new wing of Islamic works in a major new effort to increase Americans' understanding of Islamic culture.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington wants to build a "trans-Pacific system" for Asia modeled on the United States' trans-Atlantic relationship with Europe. What does Washington have in mind?
Fears that Italy could soon need massive help to keep its economy afloat are growing as the interest rate on its government bonds continues to rise dramatically. So just how at risk is Italy and what does it all mean for the rest of the eurozone?
The latest report by the UN's nuclear watchdog agency on Iran provides the most damning evidence yet that Iran has engaged in nuclear weapons-related activities and that some activities may still be continuing. What did the report find?
The UN atomic watchdog is expected to publish fresh evidence next week suggesting that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon. Ahead of the report, tensions are rising with heightened media speculation that Israel might take military action against Tehran.
As the G20 meets in Cannes, one of its main goals is to act in concert to help solve the eurozone crisis. But getting everyone in tune is no easy task.
The world's population has reached 7 billion. But in many postcommunist European states, depopulation is the norm.
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