Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

We know you're busy and probably don't have the time to read all of our coverage each and every day. Here are some of the ...

Uzbeks burn coal, cut down trees for firewood, and gather manure to heat their homes amid energy shortages in the gas-rich ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 51st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. Photographer Umit Bektas described to RFE/RL the ...

The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane in Kazakhstan on December 25 was caused by "external interference," according to Azerbaijan's transport minister. At least 38 of the 67 passengers ...

Sevara and her husband of four years have separated after many arguments over what she calls his inability to hold down a job ...

Last year, we challenged 10 of our journalists from across our broadcast region to peer into the future and predict what the ...

The head of Azerbaijan Airlines has joined hundreds of mourners in Baku to pay tribute to the victims killed in a deadly plane crash. The passenger jet went down near the city of Aqtau in western ...

Experts say evidence indicates that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane may have been hit by a ground-to-air missile over Russia’s Chechnya region before crossing the Caspian Sea and crashing near Aqtau, ...

Between tougher competition from China, declining sales at home, and new pressure from Donald Trump, many European automakers ...

From Central Europe to the Caucusus to Central Asia and Afghanistan, 2024 saw extreme flooding across many of the countries ...

Experts say they believe the flight crew of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on December 25 was struggling to control ...