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Turkmenistan has decided to prevent the families of prisoners and migrant workers from purchasing subsidized food, as the state continues to limit access to affordable staples. The measure is expected to affect millions of Turkmen who rely on subsidized food amid poverty and food shortages.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, even with strained relations between Ankara and Moscow over the sale of armed drones to Kyiv earlier this year.

Travel across the bridge connecting Malaysia and Singapore as well as an air corridor opened on Monday after disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Belarus has announced joint military exercises with Russia along its southern border as NATO gathers for a meeting to discuss its concerns about the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine.

Kyrgyzstan has held elections for a revamped parliament in what is a repeat of a failed vote held last year. Here are five significant takeaways from the first elections under populist President Sadyr Japarov.

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 47th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.

The Siberian region of Tyva has long been one of the poorest and least-developed corners of Russia. Now a recent study shows that locals are burdened by the highest level of personal debt as well – and experts say they are caught in a perilous downward spiral.

The United States Navy said on November 28 that it had rescued two Iranian mariners who had been adrift aboard a fishing vessel for eight days in the Gulf of Oman.

The bodies of five coal miners who were killed when an explosion ripped through a mine in the Siberian region of Kemerovo on November 25 have been recovered and brought to the surface, local officials reported.