Authorities in nearly a dozen regions across Russian have refused to authorize protests in recent weeks over internet ...

Russian authorities have increasingly blocked protests against internet censorship and the popular messaging app Telegram, citing various excuses. Despite these restrictions, public frustration ...

TERRAN, Iran, On March 20, 2026, anger spread around the world after Iranian authorities publicly hanged three young men, including a 19-year-old wrestling prospect, over their alleged involvement in ...

Residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an ...

Three young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing relentless attacks from the U.S. and Israel seek ...

The U.S. military is deploying three more warships and roughly 2,500 more marines to the Middle East as Iran fires on Israel ...

What they call “internationalism” or “solidarity” ends up serving as a legitimizing argument for the defense of authoritarian governments.

Ilya Remeslo's online criticism of the Russian leader was an unusual airing of public dissent, but the story took a dramatic turn when he stopped posting.

Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or ...

Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the need for a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the incident and for preventing such incidents in the future ...

A Hungarian civil rights group has raised concerns over the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin's former interpreter in a ​mission to monitor what is likely to be Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ...

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe ...