The eyes of the world are on the African country of Sudan, as fears of potential violence surround a major referendum on the country’s future on January 9. But eyes in the sky will also be monitoring the situation, looking to track people’s movements and potentially deter attacks.
The stuff of sci-fi fantasy became reality in 2010, a year of new gadgets, health discoveries, and historic moments in science -- some lasting only a fraction of a second.
An announcement today by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ended days of media hype and frenzied rumors that alien life had been discovered. While little green men will remain the stuff of science fiction, a team of scientists unveiled a breakthrough in our understanding of life as we know it – both on our home planet, and just perhaps, in places far beyond.
The Obama administration's hopes of winning ratification for a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year have suffered a major blow. Opposition to a quick vote by a key Republican senator has threatened to derail passage of the START treaty, which is one of Obama's top foreign policy initiatives.
In 2008, Moscow attorney Sergei Magnitsky implicated top Russian officials in what he said was a massive fraud scheme. The authorities responded by arresting him. One year after his agonizing death in custody, his own case has overshadowed the one he sought to prosecute. Magnitsky’s supporters around the world are marking the day with renewed vows to continue their fight for justice.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged it, senior lawmakers have backed it, and U.S. military commanders say the country needs it. Now President Barack Obama has called on the U.S. Senate to ratify a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Russia now -- before the newly elected Congress is seated in January.
The U.S. Republican Party has won control of the House of Representatives in midterm national elections that saw angry voters turning against President Obama's Democratic Party.
Ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on November 2, polls are predicting substantial gains for the opposition Republicans. RFE/RL took to the streets of Washington to find out what Americans are thinking just a few days before they shape the next U.S. Congress.
"The Shahnameh," or “Book of Kings,” is regarded as a crowning achievement of Persian literature and art, combining history and myth, and crafting a national narrative in more than 100,000 lines.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Sarajevo at the start of a three-day trip to the Balkans that will see her meetings with heads of state and members of civil society in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo to reinforce the U.S. commitment to peace building and democracy throughout the region, and push the countries' leaders to move closer into Euro-Atlantic integration.
Hungary has opened a criminal probe into what caused a torrent of toxic sludge to burst from a metals plant on October 4. The sludge has inundated towns, led to the death of four people, and could create an environmental disaster in more countries if it reaches the Danube River.
After a decade of research, hundreds of ocean expeditions, and thousands of hours of work by scientists from more than 80 countries, the Census of Marine Life project has revealed the most comprehensive look at undersea life ever.
Two senior U.S. congressmen have followed through on promises to punish those who they say are responsible for the prison-death of Russian anticorruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Senator Benjamin Cardin (Democrat-Maryland) and Representative James McGovern (Democrat-Massachusetts) have introduced legislation to block U.S. visas and freeze the financial assets of dozens of people implicated in the case.
U.S. President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan has cleared a key congressional hurdle by winning approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Vlashki language is even rarer than the bloodlines of its speakers, and is being pushed toward extinction by Croatian. But one linguist is determined to preserve it.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has touted sanctions against Iran and the negotiation of a new START treaty with Russia as key successes in the Obama administration's foreign policy.
The capacity-building that thousands of U.S. civilians are charged with carrying out in Iraq presents a new and daunting set of security challenges, including protecting State Department employees working in a country that remains among the world's most dangerous.
With Congress on its summer recess, Washington's political corridors are empty. But the debate surrounding U.S. President Barack Obama's pick for ambassador to Azerbaijan is in full swing.
Viktor Bout has been accused of being one of the world's most prolific arms traffickers, with a client list that allegedly includes the Taliban and Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. And few people are better acquainted with Bout's business dealings than Douglas Farah.
Suspected of arming terrorists and despots from Africa to Afghanistan, Soviet-born Viktor Bout allegedly spent over a decade fueling some of the world's bloodiest conflicts. Now, as he awaits extradition to the United States to face charges, many are asking how he evaded capture for so long.
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