Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Two days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked southwestern Pakistan, survivors are digging through rubble in a search for food and supplies.
Islamabad has been trying to bring Taliban militants to the negotiating table. But Pakistan's Taliban has splintered into many small groups and some refuse to join peace talks or to end militant attacks. RFE/RL reports on how the fragmentation of the Pakistani Taliban has dampened the prospects for peace talks.
A British judge has ruled that a Muslim woman must remove her face veil when testifying before the court, sparking a debate on Islamic clothing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been busy bolstering Beijing's business ties across Central Asia ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit later this week in Bishkek, but a flurry of bilateral deals agreed on just ahead of the meeting reveals some of the SCO's shortcomings.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syria's opposition has "increasingly become more defined by its moderation." But Russian President Vladimir Putin called Kerry a liar who "knows that he is lying."
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a tour of Central Asia at a time when NATO is preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan and Russia faces trade disputes that affect its goal of controlling the transit of Central Asian oil.
The Tablighi Jaamat, a conservative Sunni Islamic movement, has been conducting missionary work in Kyrgyzstan for years. But reports that the avowed pacifistic group is expanding its reach among impoverished youth by offering free education abroad is raising concerns among Kyrgyz authorities.
For the first time, Kurdish political parties in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran plan to meet to foster closer relations in what they're calling the First National Kurdish Congress.
Some religious extremists call it un-Islamic. Other people find it annoying and say it borders on begging. But children across Central Asia love Ramadan caroling -- a tradition that evolved out of Central Asia's pre-Islamic customs.
Pakistan's investigation into the circumstances that allowed Osama bin Laden to hide in the country for almost nine years has been leaked to an international broadcaster. It apparently details the authorities failure to detect his whereabouts while he lived in six different locations in Pakistan.
Washington and Brussels are starting talks on a new trade and investment pact on July 8 aimed at boosting economic growth. RFE/RL takes a closer look at the importance of the proposed accord.
Reports say Muslims from the Balkans are traveling to Syria to help rebels fight President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Georgia’s strict laws on marijuana have become the subject of a hot debate in the former Soviet republic as the government considers decriminalizing the use of cannabis.
The first of some 2,000 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey have crossed the border into Iraq's northern Kurdistan region under a peace plan agreed with Ankara. But what will they do there?
Deadly clashes between police and Islamists in Bangladesh have focused international attention on a coalition of Muslim groups calling for strict Islamic laws. But political observers in Dhaka say rather than indicating a rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism, the emergence of the umbrella group is just one aspect of general political unrest.
Since the ousting of Saddam Hussein's regime 10 years ago, the marshlands that he systematically destroyed have responded to efforts to replenish them with water and wildlife. RFE/RL looks at the prospects for marshland Iraqis who are returning to resume their traditional way of life.
A global survey of Muslims has found more support in Afghanistan for suicide bombing than among Muslims anywhere else in the world except the Palestinian Territories. That has fueled a debate about whether the findings are accurate and whether they reflect a shift in opinion.
The Taliban has called them "thieves." But other Afghans say they are victims of a brutal example of Taliban justice. RFE/RL takes a closer look at the case of two Afghan private-security-firm employees who each had a hand and foot cut off by the Taliban.
Belgrade and Pristina’s landmark agreement to normalize their relations is facing difficult hurdles on the ground in the Serb-majority municipalities of northern Kosovo.
International justice activists say that after 20 years, it is high time for a "serious, critical, and constructive review" of the work done by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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