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Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has chosen an entirely new team after winning the historic third term through the 20th National Congress in order to lessen the likelihood that he will face a political challenge

More than 300 Iranian journalists have published an open letter calling for the release of two colleagues who were detained for their coverage of the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

The United States has harshly criticized Russia for its suspension of a UN-brokered agreement to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, saying Moscow is "weaponizing food in the war it started."

Small gatherings have been held in several Russian cities to mark the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, even as the Russian government continues carrying out the harshest crackdown on dissent in the post-Soviet period.

Togzhan Kassenova's book, Atomic Steppe, was 15 years in the making and published at a time when the risks of a nuclear confrontation are at their highest in some 60 years.

Some residents of Shevchenkove tell Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, how they withstood torture and threats to resist collaboration with the Russian forces occupying their village in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. Others describe what compelled them to cooperate.

Russian opposition activist Sergei Filenko was twice found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's military -- and paid his fine in cash that he marked up with anti-war slogans. Shortly before Finland closed its borders to Russian tourists, he fled to the Nordic country, where he is now seeking asylum.

LISBON (AFP) – One of the world’s biggest technology get-togethers kicks off in the Portuguese capital tomorrow, with organisers saying a key aim is to ask tough questions about cryptocurrencies. More than 100,000 people are expected to gather in Lisbon for the four-day Web Summit, the first full-scale edition since 2019 following the disruption of […]

Boris Bondarev, the country’s most high-profile official to resign because of the war, believes that Russia’s standing in the world is beyond repair.

Denis Skopin, an associate professor at St. Petersburg State University, was recently fired from the prestigious institution for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.