The skies over Israel and Iran appeared calm as the second day of a cease-fire brokered by US President Donald Trump appeared to be holding after a shaky beginning.

With opposition voices rising before a presidential election in August 2020, Belarus leader Aleksandr Lukashenko began doing ...

After 12 days of direct conflict marked by air strikes and missile attacks, Israel and Iran have agreed to a cease-fire. Both ...

US President Donald Trump has arrived in the Netherlands to take part in the annual NATO summit as European allies look to ...

Audiences inside Iran and across the Middle East have flocked to RFE/RL’s Persian-language Service, Radio Farda, amid the ...

A Russian missile attack on a passenger train and buildings in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24 killed multiple people, authorities said. Regional Governor Serhiy Lysak said the morning strike ...

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What was supposed to be a three-day-meeting in the Netherlands has now been reduced to a social dinner with spouses hosted by ...

A Russian drone strike overnight on a village in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region killed an eight-year-old boy and two ...

An Iranian air strike on Beersheba, Israel, hit city on June 24, killing at least six people and damaging civilian structures. Israel has accused Iran of violating a cease-fire that had been announced ...

Israel said it struck Iranian radar stations near Tehran as US President Donald Trump lashed out at both sides saying "these ...

EU leaders head to Brussels for a crucial summit facing internal divisions over Ukraine’s EU bid and Hungary’s veto.