Former Officer Detained As Police Seize Weapons Cache In Northern Kosovo
A cache of weapons and ammunition was seized in northern Kosovo on May 14 that authorities believe had been left there since a deadly attack in September 2023.
A cache of weapons and ammunition was seized in northern Kosovo on May 14 that authorities believe had been left there since a deadly attack in September 2023.
Iran's judiciary chief said on May 14 that former Agriculture Minister Javad Sadatinejad was sentenced to three years in prison in connection with a corruption case involving the import of animal feed.
Iran has dismissed reports that it intends to obtain advanced military technology from North Korea as fake news. But the two states are aligned in their opposition to the West, and have much to offer each other in terms of missile, air-defense, and nuclear technology.
According to numerous accounts told to RFE/RL's Georgian Service, unidentified individuals have been making threatening phone calls to the children of activists and politicians protesting against the "foreign agent" law.
Millions were glued to the live-streamed trial of a former Kazakh economy minister who was sentenced to 24 years in jail for the murder of his wife. Meanwhile, wives of other current and former officials have come forward with allegations of domestic abuse.
An Astana court on May 14 fined activist Elvira Bekzadina of the unregistered Algha, Qazaqstan (Forward, Kazakhstan) opposition party 110,760 tenges ($250) on a charge of disobeying police.
A Kyrgyz court on May 14 sentenced government critic and journalist Oljobai Shakir (aka Egemberdiev) to five years in prison on a charge of making calls online for mass unrest.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 16-17, according to the Kremlin's website.
In front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, a dedicated group of volunteers stands with the protesters. They march with trumpets and slogans, demanding "no Russian law, but Europe." Amid the demonstrations, they bring essential supplies: food, water, sweets, protective equipment, and raincoats.
Victims of flash floods in northern Afghanistan say they have lost family and homes since heavy rains first struck the region on May 10. Thousands have been made homeless and hundreds are dead with just as many still missing, according to authorities. Many survivors are still awaiting tents, food aid, and medical care.
Russian rapper Nikolai Vasilyev, who served 25 days in jail for attending a controversial "Almost Naked" party in Moscow wearing only a sock on his genitalia, has fled Russia, his colleague Yana Dzhalyu said on May 14.
Russia's Emergencies Ministry said on May 14 that the number of people killed in a residential building collapse in the city of Belgorod two days before has risen to 17 after rescue teams found two more bodies.
A new film about Anna Politkovskaya aims to take audiences back to the early 2000s, when the late investigative journalist was doggedly pursuing stories about corruption in Russia and abuses in Chechnya. “Journalists should be able to report without fear of death or reprisal,” a producer says.
There were fierce scuffles in the Georgian parliament before a controversial "foreign agent" law was adopted in a third and final reading. Protests were continuing outside, with demonstrators vowing to keep fighting against the legislation, which they say could curtail civil liberties.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda interviewed an Iranian woman who was recently detained for not wearing a hijab, or Islamic head scarf. She is among the scores of women who have been detained in recent weeks in Iran, where the authorities are intensifying enforcement of the hijab.
Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by jailed dissident and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza against his 25-year prison sentence -- the longest jail term handed to a Kremlin opponent in post-Soviet Russia.
Protests demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a border demarcation deal with Azerbaijan continued in Yerevan on May 14. Police used force to arrest dozens of demonstrators blocking a central street in the Armenian capital.
Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, who heads the personnel directorate of Russia's Defense Ministry, has been arrested in a corruption case, the Investigative Committee reported May 14.
Despite weeks of massive protests, Georgia's parliament is due to give final approval on May 14 to a controversial "foreign agents" bill, seen by many as a threat to the country's drive toward integration into the Euro-Atlantic community.