Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 40th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Thousands joined a rally held outside the headquarters of Hungary's state-controlled MTVA media company on October 5. The protest in Budapest was organized by the opposition Tisza party. Its leader ...

Municipal elections were held across Bosnia-Herzegovina on October 6. Voting was postponed in areas hit by devastating floods. RFE/RL filmed voters in the capital, Sarajevo, and Banja Luka, which is ...

Israeli air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on October 6. Israel had earlier urged locals to evacuate the area, which is a traditional stronghold for Hezbollah, an ...

Russia has deported about 100,000 foreigners in the first half of this year, 53 percent more than in the same period last ...

Three people have been killed and four wounded in a blast and fire caused by a Russian drone in a Ukrainian village. Among the victims is a 6-year-old child. Children aged 4 and 11 are among the ...

A Russian military aircraft hit the ground in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka on October 5. Ukrainian officials ...

Authorities in Kazakhstan are widely expected to get their way in a referendum on nuclear power. But the question of which ...

The Russian military is making heavy use of glide bombs, large Soviet-era weapons, in attacks on Ukrainian cities. A Ukrainian explosives team was able to defuse one 500-kilogram bomb that fell short ...

Flooding caused by heavy rainstorms in central and southern Bosnia-Herzegovina has killed at least 19 people, officials said ...

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There are concerns that the United States’ decision to scrap the post of special Afghan envoy signals Washington’s increasing ...