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The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 107,000 with over 1.7 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness.
The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, has met with representatives of the Taliban’s political office in Doha to discuss the reduction of violence, officials said.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says his country plans to speed up its efforts to join the eurozone and apply for membership by the end of April to help the Balkan country recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Poland's ruling conservative government has held scaled-back commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of a plane crash in Russia that killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski and other high-ranking officials.
The Russian Investigative Committee said on April 10 that it will open a criminal case into the recent removal of a controversial statue of a Soviet World War II marshal in the Czech capital, Prague.
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The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 95,000 with more than 1.6 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness.
The Jamestown Foundation, a Washington-based global research and analysis group, says its operations will not be affected by Russia's decision to add it to its list of "undesirable organizations."
Energy ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies neared a final deal on April 10 to slash oil production in a bid to stabilize the global oil market shaken by the coronavirus pandemic and a supply glut.
European Union finance ministers have agreed on a 500 billion euro ($550 billion) stimulus plan to shore up paralyzed economies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus has already sent the global economy into a tailspin, with tens of millions of people being put out of work, as factories from Wuhan to Bavaria to Michigan suspend operations. What about food? Are food supplies in danger?
The Pakistani government has called on Afghanistan to hand over the captured leader of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the extremist group Islamic State (IS).
Amnesty International says it believes more than 30 prisoners have been killed by Iranian security forces amid rioting over fears of contracting the coronavirus.
The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 89,000 with more than 1.5 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here's a roundup of COVID-19 developments in RFE/RL's broadcast regions.
Belarusian authorities have ruled against extraditing a Russian citizen who is a Jehovah's Witness back to Russia, where he is wanted for alleged extremism.
A three-man crew docked successfully at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 9 hours after blasting off from the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Representatives of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia, and other oil-producing countries are set to meet to try to agree to cut output to stabilize the global oil market.
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