Multiple explosions from Israeli air strikes rocked the suburbs of Beirut late on October 3 as the United States said it is discussing strikes on Iran's oil facilities as retaliation for Tehran's missile attack on Israel earlier this week.
Amid growing tensions in the Middle East, the Kremlin announced that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will travel to Tehran to meet with Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian on September 30.
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More than 20,000 soldiers from Russia's Povolzhye -- territories comprising several regions around the Volga River -- have died in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor, according to calculations from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities.
The United States must prepare for a “long-term” confrontation with Russia that won’t end when authoritarian President Vladimir Putin departs from the political scene, according to a new report by a bipartisan commission.
An explosion and en ensuing fire at a gas station in Russia's Daghestan region has killed 12 people, including 2 children, and injured another 11, Russia's Emergencies Ministry reported on September 28.
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The Taliban is trying to woo foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan. The militant group, which seized power in 2021, is coming to boost its image. Even as it aims to lure foreigners, the Taliban’s restrictions on women have stifled local tourism.
A Patriot missile-defense system donated by NATO member Romania has arrived in Ukraine, the two neighbors acknowledged on October 3, as Russian drones and missiles rained down on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions overnight.
Nikita Zhuravel, a Russian political prisoner who was beaten by the teenage son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov while in pretrial detention, has been charged with high treason.
The Pashtun Tahafuz (Protection) Movement (PTM) has reported a series of police raids and arrests targeting its leaders and members across Pakistan ahead of a curial jirga (people's assembly) on October 1 in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Hashem Safieddine is the latest senior Hezbollah leader to be reportedly targeted by Israel. Safieddine is a potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime chief who was assassinated by Israel in late September.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign into law a bill approved by parliament last month that rights groups and many opposition politicians say drastically curbs the rights of the country's LGBT community.
Iran has said its missile attack on Israel has ended and it will not be renewed unless Tehran will be forced to act again amid growing fears of a wider regional conflict.
Russian opposition politician and outspoken Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny, who died in prison in February, might have been poisoned, the Insider investigative group said, citing official documents that appear to have been edited to conform with the state's contention he died from cardiac issues.