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Iranian President Hassan Rohani has dismissed the head of the country's central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmatti, because he is running as a candidate for president in an election in June.

The lawyer for a French tourist detained in Iran a year ago says Iranian prosecutors have confirmed that his client will be tried on charges of espionage and "propaganda against the system."

Six members of the Afghan security forces have been killed by a roadside bomb near the site of a railway that is being built to link eastern Iran with Afghanistan's western province of Herat.

The Belarusian rights group Vyasna says detained journalist and opposition activist Raman Pratasevich has been moved to a pretrial detention facility run by the country’s main security agency, the KGB.

Experts say the Russian Embassy in Prague will have more difficulty spying on the Czech Republic following a major reduction in staff -- including diplomats suspected of carrying out espionage.

Belarusian authorities have detained Alyaksey Shota, the editor in chief of the independent Hrodna.life news portal, in the western city of Hrodna.

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Experts predict summer 2021 will be a “tick time bomb” due to weather shifts. Here’s what to know about the booming tick population and how to stay safe.

U.S. President Joe Biden says he will press Russian President Vladimir Putin to respect human rights when the two leaders meet in June.

Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for a global day of solidarity on May 29 to support Belarusians in their struggle for democracy.