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A three-day cease-fire announced by Russia was due to begin on May 5 in the morning to allow the evacuation of civilians still trapped in the devastated Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol a day after the Ukrainian military said "bloody battles" were being fought in the strategic Sea of Azov port city.

A cheap Soviet weapon has been adapted to drone warfare to destroy valuable Russian armor.

The former head of the Shymkent city finance department has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court found him guilty of abuse of office in rare conviction for corruption in Kazakhstan.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia from May 5 to May 9 to meet U.S. service members and embassy personnel, Ukrainian refugees, humanitarian aid workers, and teachers, her office said on May 2. 

A Ukrainian war refugee and mother of two in Romania helps keep an all-volunteer workshop running at home in Cherkasy to produce bulletproof vests and other items for Ukraine's defenders.

Facing mounting sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has responded by closing the gas taps to Bulgaria and Poland and threatening to do likewise to other EU states. Bulgaria now says it will look to Azerbaijan for its gas. Can Baku help the EU in its energy showdown with the Kremlin?

As the new financial year approaches, SMSF professionals have been reminded on where the licensing line sits in relation to SMSF tax planning discussions. In a recent online webinar, Smarter SMSF ch

Russia's economy may seem to be weathering Western sanctions, but it is anything but out of the woods, a prominent economist tells RFE/RL. In some places, "everyone there knows that in a couple of months they will be out of work."

Muslims have no right to convert to Christianity under Iranian law, and those who do risk arrest and long prison sentences. For members of the religious minority, many of whom have been forced to flee abroad in order to practice their faith, it is a matter of finding a #Place2Worship.

The future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; Prague's new line on China; a Pakistani bombing; and how Beijing is hunting Uyghurs abroad.