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Iran Launches Crackdown On Reformist Politicians After Mass Protests

(RFE/RL) Iran has arrested several prominent reformist politicians as the authorities widen their crackdown on dissent following mass anti-government protests that posed one of...

Russia Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence Of Plot To Assassinate Top General

(Mike Eckel - RFE/RL) Russia officials said the man they identified as the gunman who shot the No. 2 general in the Russian military...

How Russia Is Recruiting Central Asian Women For Its War In Ukraine

(Kanymgul Elkeeva and Aigerim Berdibaeva - RFE/RL) Dilbar has languished in pretrial detention for months in the Russian city of Omsk, where she said...

Reporting under Russian fire: more than 175 journalists victims of abuse in Ukraine in the past four years

Drone attacks, artillery fire, abductions… In 2025, Ukrainian and international journalists covering Russia’s war in Ukraine continued to be targeted by the Russian army...

Jimmy Lai sentence exposes collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong

(Reporters Without Borders) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the 20-year prison sentence handed to Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai on bogus...

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai jail sentence a cold-blooded attack on freedom of expression

(Amnesty International) Responding to the 20-year sentence handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai for ‘national security’ offences, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director...

Von der Leyen vows stronger single market, less red tape ahead of EU summit

(Gabriel Gavin - Politico) The EU must launch a massive push to join up the bloc's economies in the face of fierce global competition,...

European industry revolts over EU plan to weaken carbon border tax

(Zia Weise - Politico) For once, Europe’s heavy industry is lobbying to save a climate law. Manufacturers are worried the European Commission is undermining...

US is dependent on European tech too, chips bosses warn

(Pieter Haeck - Politico) The rest of the world including the U.S. relies on Europe for essential chipmaking technology, officials and executives said Monday....

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