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On February 27, 2015, Kremlin critic and former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov was murdered on a Moscow bridge. Thousands of people marked the second anniversary of his assassination. But with tributes to the slain opposition figure being dismantled, a group of volunteers are fighting to protect Nemtsov’s memory. (YouTube, RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Current …
Hundreds of Afghans remain stranded on the Pakistani side of the Torkham border crossing, which closed earlier this month. Those waiting on February 27 included women, children, and others needing medical attention, who were earlier told by authorities that they would be allowed to cross. (RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal) …
Cameras and cell phones at the ready, fans and members of the media have begun to gather outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 89th Academy Awards celebration. Sunday night’s Oscars are shaping up to be one of the most turbulent and politically charged ceremonies in recent memory. The 3-hour-plus telecast is expected …
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Hind Safaa has returned to her hometown of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq after Islamic State fighters were pushed out of the town. She and her family left the area two years ago due to fears that Islamic State fighters will target them as religious minorities. Safaa was shocked to witness the destruction and ruins brought …
Read more “Mass Christian Immigration From Iraq Makes Future of Church Uncertain”
Sunday night’s Oscars are shaping up to be one of the most turbulent and politically charged ceremonies in recent memory. The three-hour-plus telecast, which begins at 8:30 p.m. on ABC, is expected to resemble one very glitzy protest against President Donald Trump, whom award-winners _-like Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes – have railed against …
Read more “Stars Arrive at Oscars, Where La La Land Could Shine”
Thousands of film fans gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square for a screening of a film by an Iranian director who was nominated for an Oscar but is boycotting the Academy Awards in protest over U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban policies. …
Besides a march held on February 26 in Moscow commemorating former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, who was killed two years ago, events in his memory also took place in others cities on the same day. While marches were staged in St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, people in Krasnoyarsk laid flowers beside photos of Nemtsov …
Read more “Commemorations Of Slain Kremlin Critic Nemtsov Held In Russian Cities”
Iran’s navy has begun an annual drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz — its first major exercise in the area since the January 20 inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. …
Kyrgyzstan’s state security service said it detained opposition politician Omurbek Tekebayev on Sunday on charges of corruption and fraud, a move that may eliminate him as a contender for presidency in the upcoming election. Tekebayev, 58, leads the Ata Meken (Fatherland) party’s parliamentary faction and is one of the most outspoken critics of President Almazbek …
French President Francois Hollande fired back at Donald Trump on Saturday after the U.S. president remarked in a speech that a friend thought “Paris is no longer Paris” after attacks by Islamist militants. Hollande said Trump should show support for U.S. allies. “There is terrorism and we must fight it together. I think that it …
Read more “French President Asks Trump for Support, not Criticism”
Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and the pope’s own advisers question. One case has come back to haunt him: An Italian priest who received the pope’s clemency was later convicted …
Read more “Pope Trims Sanctions for Some Pedophile Priests Seeking Mercy”
Japan is ready to propose a specific plan to Russia for the joint economic development of an island chain that both countries claim, The Nikkei Asia Review reports. …
Pakistan is scheduled to host a multination conference in Islamabad next week aimed at increasing trade and cooperation between regional countries. …
The Macedonian opposition Social Democratic Union (SDSM) has formally nominated Zoran Zaev to be its candidate for prime minister after securing enough support for a parliamentary majority. …
Afghan officials say 10 police officers and the wife of a police commander have been killed in an attack in the northern province of Zawzjan. …
The White House has barred several major news organizations from attending an informal press briefing. …
Turkey’s prime minister has officially launched his ruling party’s campaign for a “yes” vote in a referendum on ushering a presidential system, which critics fear will concentrate too many powers in the hands of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Binali Yildirim formally got campaigning going on Saturday telling supporters in a sports arena that the …
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The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria on February 24 to meet with allied Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) group. …
Launching a startup is no easy feat. Launching one outside your native country is even harder. But for certain French startups, the French government is there to help. A government-sponsored competition that began last year offers startups marketing and promotional assistance. The Creative Next Challenge is a series of competitions sponsored by Business France, …
Read more “French Startups Venture Abroad for Chance at Global Recognition, Investment”
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is making his first visit to Australia Saturday, in a sign that tensions early this year have eased and relations between the two Asia-Pacific neighbors are stable. Australia’s relationship with its heavily populated northern neighbor is often turbulent. It soured when Australia supported East Timorese independence from Indonesia in 2002. More …
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A second suicide car bomber hit the location that an earlier of an explosion Friday near a Syrian village near al-Bab just one day after Turkish forces and their rebel allies took much of the strategic town from Islamic State (IS) fighters. The death toll has reached 65 people, including many civilians, rebel fighters and …
The International Organization for Migration reports a surge in the number of migrant deaths on the Mediterranean Sea’s central route linking Libya to Italy in the first two months of the year. The IOM estimates 326 migrants and refugees have died this year while transiting by sea from Libya to Italy, compared to just 97 …
Read more “Migrant Fatalities Surge on Libya-Italy Mediterranean Route”
Top Turkish officials are increasing pressure on the United States to dissolve the American military partnership with Syrian Kurds in the battle against Islamic State. With just days to go before the Pentagon is expected to deliver to U.S. President Donald Trump a new war plan to defeat Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, Turkey, …
Read more “Turkey Ramps Up Pressure on Washington to Abandon Syrian Kurds”
Lawyers for Russian political activist Ildar Dadin have asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg for assistance in freeing Dadin, who continues to be held in a penal colony despite his sentence being annulled. …