When Kubra went into labor, the 22-year-old was already suffering from anemia and malnutrition. She experienced severe blood loss during childbirth. Doctors tried to save her with a blood transfusion, ...

Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, due in large part to poverty, poor infrastructure, and inadequate health care. After five years of Taliban rule, ...

Kyiv has sounded the alarm as Rassvet, Russia's equivalent to Starlink, takes shape. Experts say the satellite Internet system could have a major impact on the war in Ukraine, but there is one key ...

Russia used North Korean missiles in a deadly attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of city of Zaporizhzhya, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on August 11.

RFE/RL followed soldiers from Ukraine’s 117th Mechanized Brigade as they deployed ground drones to frontline positions in the Donetsk region. The unmanned vehicles carry ammunition and supplies across ...

A children’s song. Doves. Suprematist art. A Hiroshima photograph. Few were surprised by the court decision banning Russia’s Yabloko party from running in upcoming Duma elections. Many were perplexed ...

A former US Marine who has been held in a Russian prison since 2022 and had been reported to be in serious medical condition in recent weeks has been freed and is being flown back to the United States ...

Opposition Belarusian politician Alyaksandr Milinkevich, who ran for president in 2006, has died following an illness aged 79, according to a social media post by his stepson.

The US House of Representatives moved to advance a sweeping Russia and Iran sanctions package on August 10, just days after the Senate approved it by an overwhelming 86-11 vote, opening the next phase ...

Russian authorities said a Ukrainian drone strike killed at least 13 people in the central Russian region of Tatarstan, one ...

Ukraine's failure to intercept a single Russian missile during a large-scale overnight attack this week has raised fresh ...

The US Senate on August 7 overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at tightening economic pressure on Russia over its ...