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In a live discussion, we spoke with Asem Zhapisheva, founder of Masa Media, an independent news website in Kazakhstan, and Nikita Makarenko, a freelance journalist from Uzbekistan, to talk about their difficult work conditions, the line between journalism and activism, and the future of journalism.

Civilian casualties mount as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities, some close to the front line and some far away. Moscow faces more war crimes accusations, this time over forced deportations and “filtration” centers. And at home, those who dare speak out against the war face prison terms.

A special-needs girl was one of at least 23 people killed in a July 14 missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya. Until the very day of the attack, the child’s mother had documented the struggles and joy of raising a child with Down syndrome.

The United States has said that Iran is preparing to send "hundreds" of drones to Russia to support Moscow's war in Ukraine. Tehran has rejected the claim, but experts say Russia could turn to Iran for cheap reconnaissance and combat drones that Tehran has provided to its proxies in the Middle East.

Russia has suffered substantial personnel losses over nearly five months of war in Ukraine. Russian officials are now getting creative in trying to replenish their ranks— without actually declaring war and a national mobilization. 

Ukraine's Aerorozvidka drone organization is marking eight years since its founding with a homegrown octocopter that its designers say is able to avoid a powerful detection device used by Russia.

Brussels' urgent advice on how Bulgaria should tackle corruption and reform its notoriously politicized justice system got muddied by the reemergence of an old photo scandal involving a former prime minister, a pistol, gold bars, and stacks of euros.

Iranian authorities have launched a new crackdown on women who violate the country’s “hijab and chastity" law, which requires women and girls over the age of 9 to wear a headscarf in public.

With Georgians wary of Russia and its occupying troops and tens of thousands of disaffected Russians newly arrived since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Shalva Breus's plans for a $26 million art gallery in Tbilisi hinge on a separation of politics and art.

The Telegraph's defense and security editor, Dominic Nicholls, talks about Boris Johnson's successor, Western diplomats openly scoffing at the "cosplay pantomime" in the Kremlin, and what might actually take down Vladimir Putin if it's not the human toll of the war.