Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
A London-based law firm has published a dossier of evidence online against Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in a bid to bring private prosecutions against him wherever he travels.
One of the foundations of physics and Einstein's theory of relativity - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - has been shaken by new findings at one of the world's top scientific laboratories. R
Rock musicians in Kabul are refusing to let a major Taliban attack in the Afghan capital this week stop them from putting on the first rock festival in the Asian country in more than 35 years.
Market volatility seen around the world during the past week -- sparked by the downgrading of the United States' credit rating by Standard & Poor's -- has focused attention on the role of credit-rating agencies in the global financial system.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next summer -- a withdrawal that equals the number of "surge troops" Obama sent into battle at the end of 2009
Syrian television has reported that more than 120 security troops were killed in battles with "armed gangs" at a town close to the border with Turkey. But some question those claims, saying it could be a government cover-up or justification for another deadly crackdown to crush a popular uprising.
President Hamid Karzai has warned the NATO-led force in Afghanistan that launching attacks on Afghan homes in pursuit of insurgents is "not allowed" and that patience with the tactic has run out after a spate of civilian casualties.
Russia today came to agreement with other countries at the Group of Eight summit that Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi has lost legitimacy and must step down from power.
A charity group says the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan could expose civilians there to further danger at the hands of their own security forces, as a police-training program is being usurped by local militia commanders.
An order by President Hamid Karzai to delay the inauguration of Afghanistan's new parliament by another month has raised fresh complaints about his authority and his credibility, with critics suggesting he is trying to alter official election results to create a legislature that is more supportive of his administration.
A dispute between the United States and China over currency policies tops the agenda of Chinese President Hu Jintao's White House talks today with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Tunisia's prime minister has announced the formation of a united coalition government to guide the country's transition toward democracy after the ouster last week of strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
2010 had its share of blunders by newsmakers around the world. Here are the best of the worst.
Some U.S. officials and politicians say WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange violated U.S. criminal law by releasing classified U.S. diplomatic cables on the Internet. But no charges have been filed in the United States, suggesting gaps in the law would make it difficult for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute Assange or WikiLeaks.
Afghan election officials have announced final results from all but one voting district in September's parliamentary elections -- disqualifying a total of 24 candidates who had been announced as winners in preliminary results.
Critics in Kabul say that by suggesting children are as safe in the Afghan capital as in New York or London, NATO's representative has proven he has no concept of the daily fears and struggles of ordinary Afghans.
Some Iraqi Christians who've endured years of sectarian violence are now considering leaving, after a bloody Al-Qaeda assault on a Baghdad cathedral this week.
The price of cotton has soared to record levels on the international market in recent weeks. But in Uzbekistan -- one of the world's largest cotton exporters -- only a handful of elite overlords will benefit.
Tbilisi's unilateral lifting of visa requirements for Russians living in the North Caucasus has angered the Kremlin, while Georgians who live near the border say Russia should follow suit.
The talks are aimed at reaching a negotiated end to the Afghanistan war. They follow inconclusive meetings hosted by Saudi Arabia that ended more than a year ago.
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![Abdullah Abdullah is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's most vocal critics. "Nullification of the...elections was [Karzai's] aim right from the beginning," he says.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1045599-ac47-42c7-8841-7a41a98ee644_w100_r1.jpg)
![Abdullah Abdullah is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's most vocal critics. "Nullification of the...elections was [Karzai's] aim right from the beginning," he says.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1045599-ac47-42c7-8841-7a41a98ee644_w66_r1.jpg)
