Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

Sasha Hushcha suffered severe burns early in life and endured bullying in childhood. In 2022, she left her native Belarus for Lithuania because she feared political persecution. Today, she's mining ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on the uncertain path of the "coalition of the ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88.

Russian bloggers and tabloids warn of “black widows” -- women allegedly marrying soldiers to claim death benefits if they die fighting in Ukraine. The claims are stoking public outrage and raising ...

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits. As RFE/RL's Andrey ...

As Iran and the United States prepare for a new round of indirect nuclear talks in Rome, shifting US positions, sidelined ...

Iranian and US negotiators agreed to hold a third round of high-stakes talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions, a positive signal ...

Iran’s foreign minister has called for Russia to play a role in high-stakes negotiations over the fate of Tehran’s nuclear ...

As the trade war escalates, Beijing is restricting the supply of rare earth minerals to the United States. What options does ...

The US military said it destroyed a key Yemeni fuel port held by Houthi rebels, who said the air strikes also killed 20 ...

Afghan musicians were persecuted after the Taliban gained control of their country in 2021 and many fled to Pakistan. Those ...