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September 06, 2023
Armenian, U.S. Forces To Hold Joint Drills Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Tensions

Armenian and U.S. forces will hold joint military exercises beginning next week, as Yerevan faces mounting tensions with Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
September 06, 2023
Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine

RFE/RL's Ukraine Live Briefing gives you the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. The Live Briefing presents the latest developments and analysis, updated throughout the day.
September 06, 2023
Top U.S. Diplomat Scheduled In Kyiv Just Hours After Russian Air Attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to arrive in Kyiv on September 6 for a surprise visit just hours after air-raid sirens rattled the Ukrainian capital.
September 04, 2023
Erdogan Dismisses Alternatives To Grain Deal After Putin Meeting

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ankara is against alternative proposals to the Black Sea Grain Initiative that it brokered last year with the United Nations to ensure Ukrainian grain exports to countries that need them.
September 01, 2023
The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's vast team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.
September 01, 2023
Putin Opens School Year In Russia But New History Textbook Given Failing Grade

Russian students began the first day of a new school year with words of encouragement from President Vladimir Putin and a revised history textbook that critics say is intended to “incite anger toward Ukrainians” and explain to future conscripts “why they are putting on uniforms and boots.”
September 01, 2023
British Defense Giant BAE Sets Up Base In Ukraine Prompting Warning From Kremlin

"BAE Systems...has established a local legal entity and signed agreements with the Ukrainian government to ramp up the company's support to Ukraine's armed forces and to explore the supply of light guns to Ukraine," the company said a statement.
August 31, 2023
U.S. Lauds Kyrgyz Repatriation Of 95 People From Camps In Northeast Syria

The United States has lauded Kyrgyzstan for its repatriation of 95 women and children from northeast Syria, calling it "important towards resolving the humanitarian and security challenges in the region."
August 31, 2023
Turkish Foreign Minister Stresses Importance Of Reviving Grain Deal In Meeting With Lavrov

Turkey's foreign minister has emphasized how important reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative is to global food security during a meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
August 31, 2023
HRW Says China Continues To Crush The Rights Of Uyghurs, Turkic Muslims

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that China is continuing to violate the rights of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, saying the offenses constitute crimes against humanity.
August 30, 2023
Russia, U.S. Separately Discuss Potential Alternatives To Black Sea Grain Deal

Russia and the United States separately discussed alternatives to the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal, which fell apart last month after Moscow backed out of the arrangement aimed at allowing the safe passage of Ukrainian exports to world markets.
August 30, 2023
Lawyer For Mahsa Amini's Family Faces 'Propaganda Against The System' Trial In Tehran

The trial has begun in Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht -- the famed lawyer for the family of the 22-year-old Iranian woman whose death in police custody has led to months of mass protests, local media reported on August 30.
August 29, 2023
Moscow Court Rejects Pretrial Release For Putin Critic Igor Girkin

A Moscow court rejected a bid for the pretrial release of Igor Girkin, the former leader of Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine and the latest one-time Kremlin favorite finding himself in peril after criticizing President Vladimir Putin’s sputtering war effort in Ukraine.
August 29, 2023
Russia Extends Pretrial Detention For Former Worker At U.S. Consulate

A Moscow court has extended for three months the pretrial detention of a former employee of a U.S. consulate in Russia who is being held on charges of illegally collaborating with foreigners in an action condemned by the United States.
August 29, 2023
Russia's Embassy In South Africa Posts, Then Deletes Map Showing Crimea As Part Of Ukraine

Russia's embassy in South Africa shared a map in a social media post that shows Crimea as part of Ukraine.
August 26, 2023
U.S. Defense Secretary Recalls 'Horrific' Attack At Kabul Airport On Second Anniversary

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on August 26 recalled the “horrific terrorist attack” two years ago outside Kabul’s airport that killed 13 Americans and an estimated 170 Afghan citizens.
August 25, 2023
Putin Signs Decree Obliging Paramilitary Fighters To Swear Oath To Russian Flag

Two days after the presumed death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree obliging paramilitary troops to swear an oath to Russia's national flag.
August 25, 2023
The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's vast team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.
August 25, 2023
Kremlin Claims It Wasn't Involved In Plane Crash Believed To Have Killed Wagner Boss

The Kremlin denies involvement in the plane crash near Moscow that is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group that ran afoul of President Putin by launching a short-lived mutiny against Russia's top army brass over how the war against Ukraine was being conducted.
August 24, 2023
U.S. Plans To Train Ukrainian Pilots On F-16s In Arizona Starting In October

The United States said it will begin training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 warplanes in October, joining a Western coalition that is helping to prepare Kyiv’s fliers on the sophisticated combat aircraft to join the fight against the Russian invasion.

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Armenian, U.S. Forces To Hold Joint Drills Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Tensions

Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine

Top U.S. Diplomat Scheduled In Kyiv Just Hours After Russian Air Attacks

Erdogan Dismisses Alternatives To Grain Deal After Putin Meeting

The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

Putin Opens School Year In Russia But New History Textbook Given Failing Grade

British Defense Giant BAE Sets Up Base In Ukraine Prompting Warning From Kremlin

U.S. Lauds Kyrgyz Repatriation Of 95 People From Camps In Northeast Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Stresses Importance Of Reviving Grain Deal In Meeting With Lavrov

HRW Says China Continues To Crush The Rights Of Uyghurs, Turkic Muslims

Russia, U.S. Separately Discuss Potential Alternatives To Black Sea Grain Deal

Lawyer For Mahsa Amini's Family Faces 'Propaganda Against The System' Trial In Tehran

Moscow Court Rejects Pretrial Release For Putin Critic Igor Girkin

Russia Extends Pretrial Detention For Former Worker At U.S. Consulate

Russia's Embassy In South Africa Posts, Then Deletes Map Showing Crimea As Part Of Ukraine

U.S. Defense Secretary Recalls 'Horrific' Attack At Kabul Airport On Second Anniversary

Putin Signs Decree Obliging Paramilitary Fighters To Swear Oath To Russian Flag

The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

Kremlin Claims It Wasn't Involved In Plane Crash Believed To Have Killed Wagner Boss

U.S. Plans To Train Ukrainian Pilots On F-16s In Arizona Starting In October