Neil Bowdler is a multimedia editor at RFE/RL.
Mark Rutte has taken over as NATO's new secretary-general at an October 1 ceremony in Brussels. RFE/RL Brussels correspondent Olena Abramovych has five things to know about the Dutch politician who now heads the Western military alliance.
Germany deported several dozen Afghans in August -- all of them convicted criminals -- for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. But the move has fueled panic among Germany's large Afghan community, many of whom fear they could be next.
U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped his reelection bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the Democratic Party candidate in the 2024 presidential election. RFE/RL got the reactions of Thomas Gift of University College London and Matt Dallek of George Washington University.
The "Wartime Love" project tells the story of couples who met during the Siege of Sarajevo. RFE/RL spoke to Sanela and Emir Klaic, one of the couples who feature in the exhibition, whose wedding photo from the war-torn city featured on magazines around the world at the time.
A Ukrainian man has created a mobile shelter that he says can be assembled in 2-3 hours and placed directly in the home. Serhiy Zakharin was so confident in the product that he tested it by dropping a 1-ton weight on the shelter while he was in it.
With Huthi rebels disrupting shipping off the coast of Yemen and in the Red Sea, what impact is this having on shipping, trade, and the world economy? Thomas Juneau is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa while Professor Steve Hanke is an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. and British forces have hit Iran-backed Huthi rebel military targets in Yemen, sparking fears of a growing conflict in the Middle East as fighting rages in the Gaza Strip. But who are the Huthi rebels, why did U.S. and U.K. forces strike now, and what are the rebels' links to Iran?
A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Filip Kozlov, 39, now lives in Lithuania but continues his activism.
Ukrainian soldiers are manufacturing 3D-printed parts for reconnaissance and kamikaze drones. The drones are being used on the front line, including near the city of Avdiyivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, where Russian and Ukrainian troops continue to fight for control.
A Pakistani activist who led a march from Pakistan's Baluchistan region to the capital, Islamabad, wrote on the social media platform X on December 20 that she had been arrested. Mahrang Baloch claimed police violently dispersed the march, arresting and injuring demonstrators.
The leaders of the opposition coalition Serbia Against Violence and several thousand of its supporters protested in front of the offices of Serbia’s Election Commission on December 18 demanding the annulment of the local election results in Belgrade.
A Serbian opposition coalition has called for the annulment of results in the capital, Belgrade, after President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party coasted to victories in local and parliamentary elections.
As many as 1,500 Afghans were airlifted to Poland after the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, and many say they face economic hardship in the country and are no longer receiving help from the state.
A center has opened near Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina to care for aging residents who lost family members in the 1995 genocide in the town. So far, eight women and one man, all older than 80, are using the center.
The Iranian authorities continue to face protests over the treatment of women in the country. This animated account tells the story of one anonymous woman who joined the protest movement after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
Hundreds of Afghan citizens have been detained in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, most of them in the port city of Karachi, for allegedly not possessing legal residency documentation. But many Afghans complained they were held by police despite having the correct documents.
Female protesters in Iran are posting dance videos to support prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi. He was arrested on August 28 following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove their mandatory head scarves.
LGBT activists say the return of the Taliban to power in 2021 in Afghanistan has resulted in discrimination, torture, and even murder. One gay man told RFE/RL that he had to quit school to protect his identity while another said he and his boyfriend were tortured by the Taliban.
There are still thousands of phone booths in Hungary, even though few people use them and many are in poor repair or have been vandalized. Around half are card-operated, but phone cards were discontinued in 2011. They can still be used to make emergency calls -- if they're not broken.
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