The past 12 months have seen the globe rocked by conflicts and major shifts in power, but as the new year beckons, Foreign Editor David Pratt ...

A number of major Russian news outlets had their Telegram channels blocked across several European Union countries on Dec. 28 ...

Out of 46 countries where elections were held, nearly two-thirds saw numbers of women elected fall - BBC finds.

This article explores predictions from RFE/RL journalists for the year 2025, focusing on global conflicts, authoritarianism, and the impact of US politics on the world stage.

Georgians who have participated in nightly protests for the past month are exhausted, and unsure what tomorrow will bring.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid ...

The cocaine trade is far bigger and more geographically diverse than at any point in history as Albanian traffickers expand the market in Europe for the drug.

Dreaming of retiring to wine country. Or are you looking for your next wine-focused vacation? Here are some of the world’s ...

Tariffs had reached record lows before the onset of the subsequent trade war. According to the World Bank, US tariffs were ...

The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, ...

Russia and Ukraine have been locked in an intractable-seeming conflict that has thrown not only the two nations into a state ...

Major energy companies in Europe focused on profits from oil and gas business in 2024, pushing back climate commitments.