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Friday, July 31, 2015 - 06:48
Regional powers sign pact to boost economic and military ties, and pledge to work together to create joint Arab force.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 06:45
Tunisia's presidency on Friday extended the country's state of emergency for an additional two months as the country battles a violent Islamic insurgency that last month killed 38 tourists on a beach.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:50
Moldova's pro-European government has a new prime minister, seven weeks after Chiril Gaburici quit over allegations that he had fake school diplomas. Strelet, a compromise candidate, was voted in Thursday with the slimmest possible margin, receiving the support of 52 of 101 MPs.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:46
Earlier this week RFE/RL’s Tajik service reported that a group of drunken, disrobed Russian soldiers got into a brawl with local Tajiks in Kulob. Russia has three military installations in Tajikistan, 7,000 troops, and a 2012 agreement extends Russia’s base leases until 2042.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:42
Turkmenistan authorities should immediately release a journalist who had been secretly detained for weeks on seemingly politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, about 35, has been denied contact with his lawyer and family members, placing him at grave risk.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:39
The Sport for Rights Coalition calls on the international community to immediately and publicly condemn the government of Azerbaijan's actions and take concrete steps to support Azerbaijani civil society.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:33
Armenia’s much-touted anti-corruption initiative has gotten off to a less-than-ideal start: leading government members of the body intended to root out graft are bogged down by questions about their own spending habits and sources of income.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:29
A Mexican university presented a study to its Senate last week indicating that their own country, along with Colombia, had some of the highest rates of criminal impunity in the world.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:18
A gang-enforced transportation strike in El Salvador has now left seven bus drivers dead, raising doubts about how long the government can refuse to meet the demands of the street gangs, in what has become an increasingly deadly game of chicken.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:10
Concerns of a humanitarian emergency in Haiti are mounting as a growing number of Haitians returning to their country from neighboring Dominican Republic are living in rapidly growing tent cities with little resources.