Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
The killing of eight Pakistani polio vaccinators in the past week has raised concerns that the humanitarian space of aid workers is no longer considered sacred in parts of the region.
Amnesty International is urging the Pakistani government to reform the legal system in its northwestern tribal areas.
A Swedish aid organization says an Afghan health clinic it supports was raided and occupied by NATO and Afghan troops who detained staff and civilians there for three days while using the compound as a combat logistics hub.
Russia says construction on the South Stream pipeline begins this week. Energy analysts and EU officials say "not so fast." So what's really going on?
Kosovo's government has accused Carla Del Ponte, the former chief prosecutor of the UN war crimes court, of misusing her powers.
The conference is seeking to update a binding global treaty on how telecoms companies interact across borders.
It looks like an enormous fluffy dandelion seed head as the wind carries it across a field. Afghan-born designer Massoud Hassani hopes his newly invented mine-clearing device -- called "Mine Kafon" -- will help save lives in his homeland.
Islamic clerics on Afghanistan's Ulema Council have asked President Hamid Karzai to expand their clout by giving them the power to issue legally binding fatwas. Critics say the move would violate Afghanistan's UN-backed constitution by creating an unelected fourth branch of government.
Problems with Afghanistan's schools go deeper than the often reported lack of buildings and threats of militant attacks. Amid growing concerns about what children are learning, officials are examining the entire school system -- from kindergarten through 12th grade -- to determine how to improve the quality of education.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas is the most intense fighting in Gaza since the Arab Spring uprisings began to change the dynamics of regional politics in the Middle East. Here's a list of some of the regional and international forces at play.
The Chinese Communist Party's 18th Congress, which begins on November 8 and is expected to name a new generation of leaders, is poised to be the country's most important political meeting in a decade.
Campaign schedule changes are just part of the unpredictability that superstorm Sandy has slammed into the U.S. presidential election.
By trying to silence 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai with a gun, the Pakistani Taliban has inadvertently created an international icon for girls' rights.
In a letter issued following international condemnation of the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, the Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan (TTP) states its case for the attack and threatens anyone who challenges its strict interpretation of Shari'a law.
Malala Yousafzai is a teenage girl from Pakistan's Swat district who stood up to the Taliban by writing an online diary about their ban on girls' schools there. On October 9, she was shot in the head and neck by a Pakistani Taliban gunman while traveling home from her school. RFE/RL takes a closer look at how the words of a brave young girl became a threat to Pakistan's Taliban.
Hundreds of Iraqi schools were demolished during the summer to make way for bigger school buildings and reduce chronically overcrowded classrooms. But now the situation for pupils is even worse because the new schools still haven't been built.
Farmers in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan want to know who is responsible for a sheep pox vaccine they bought that has killed thousands of their animals -- causing serious health concerns and potentially destroying the livelihoods of struggling private farmers.
The European Central Bank has made what analysts are calling its boldest move in an effort to help the countries of the cash-strapped eurozone avert financial meltdown. But what does the ECB's willingness to buy sovereign debt bonds on the secondary market actually mean? And how far will it go to help mitigate the continent's debt crisis? RFE/RL correspondents Ron Synovitz and Richard Solash take a closer look.
As rights groups marked the International Day of the Disappeared, mothers of Kosovo's missing war victims removed their protest memorial in Pristina but vowed to continue their fight to learn the truth.
An Arctic oil rush is on. But analysts and ecologists say Arctic drilling presents enormous environmental risks and challenges.
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