Podcast: The Turkmenization Of Tajikistan
It is becoming more difficult to tell Tajikistan and Turkmenistan apart. That's the line of discussion on the latest episode of the Majlis podcast.
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A Turkish court sentenced two Syrian smugglers to four years and two months in prison over the death of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose lifeless body on a beach focused world attention on the refugee...
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara and Tehran must develop "common perspectives" in order to end sectarian strife in the region.
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Police in Istanbul used tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting the forceful takeover of Turkey's largest newspaper.
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The Ukrainian Army says two of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of eastern Ukraine.
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The Afghan Taliban has refused to hold direct peace talks with Afghan authorities, days before the beginning of international talks aimed at bringing an end to 14 years of insurgency.
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Turkmenistan's president has complained that there is major corruption in the Central Asian country’s oil and gas industries, in an unusually public statement made on state television.
View ArticlePhotos Of The Week #9
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the ninth week of 2016.
View ArticlePakistan To Send Security Team To India Before Cricket Tournament
Pakistan says it will send a delegation to India next week to assess security before allowing its national team to compete in the cricket World Twenty20 tournament.
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U.S. presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have maintained their status as front-runners in the latest round of voting for the Republican and Democratic parties’ nominations.
View ArticleTajikistan's Dwindling 'Town Of Giants'
Depshaar, which translates as "Town of Giants," is a tiny Kyrgyz village in the Jerge-Tal district of Tajikistan. The place has never really enjoyed the potential benefits from its proximity to Ismoil...
View ArticleRussia To Flood-Stricken Vorkuta Coal Mine
Officials in the Far Northern Russian city of Vorkuta have decided to flood a coal mine there after explosions there killed 30 miners and six rescue workers late last month.
View ArticleSlovakia's Fico Begins Coalition Talks After Election Setback
Slovakia's leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico has begun talks to form a new government following legislative elections that left his Smer-SD party significantly weakened.
View ArticleTajikistan Takes Fight With Militants To The Classroom
Schools have become the latest front in Tajikistan’s battle with Islamic extremism, with religious education classes introduced for teenagers. The country has battled armed Islamist groups for many...
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What do volunteers who go to fight in Syria find? Battles for war booty and fiefdoms, says one returning Kosovar who counts himself lucky to be alive.
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Iraqi officials say at least 47 people were killed and dozens more injured by a suicide car-bomb attack near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on March 6.
View ArticleIranian Billionaire Sentenced To Death For Corruption
Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, the country's wealthiest person, has been sentenced to death after being convicted on corruption charges.
View ArticleRussian Rights Ombudswoman Says Savchenko In Satisfactory Health
Russia's presidential human rights envoy has spoken by telephone to the family of Ukrainian pilot and Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadia Savchenko and has assured them Savchenko is in satisfactory health and...
View ArticleThousands Attend Anti-Russian Rally In Georgian Capital
Thousands of people gathered in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on March 6 to protest negotiations between their government and Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom.
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