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Source Of Russian Prison-Abuse Videos Flees To France To Seek Asylum (RFE RL)

The source of a massive leak of information, including videos, of alleged torture and sexual assaults in Russia's penitentiary system has fled to France,...

Iran Again Reportedly Postpones Execution Of Man Who Was Minor At Time Of Alleged Crime (RFE RL)

Iranian media reports say the planned execution of a man who was arrested for murder at the age of 17 has been postponed after...

Uzbekistan Looks To Rent Russian Farmland To Quell Wheat Shortage (Bruce Pannier, RFE RL)

As one of the top wheat importers in the world, Uzbekistan might have found an answer to some of its agricultural shortages by renting...

Local Elections In North Macedonia Test Ruling Social Democrats (RFE RL)

Voters across North Macedonia are going to the polls on October 17 for local elections that mark the first test for Prime Minister Zoran...

Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah referred to trial after two years of provisional detention (Middle East Eye)

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Ibrahim (Oxygen), and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer are due to face trial on Monday after spending more than two...

Syria accuses Israel of assassinating former member of parliament (Middle East Eye)

Syria has accused Israel of assassinating on Saturday a former member of the Syrian parliament who had spent 12 years in Israeli jail, state news agency SANA reported. Medhat...

Egypt, Russia to hold Defenders of Friendship 2021 tactical exercise (TASS)

A joint Russian-Egyptian tactical exercise, headlined Defenders of Friendship 2021, will be held in Egypt on October 17-29, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Egypt, Russia...

Tunisia’s political crisis forewarns economic collapse (Mohamed Ali Ltifi, Al Monitor)

The rating agency Moody's has recently downgraded Tunisia's sovereign rating from B3 to Caa1, while maintaining the negative outlook. In an Oct. 14 statement, Moody’s said the negative...

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led future (Abdulkader Sinno, East Asia Forum)

Afghanistan has largely returned to Taliban rule after 20 years of US-led occupation. There are still bastions of resistance to undisputed Taliban control from the local...

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