Russia & CIS

New survey data from Hong Kong Watch helps quantify the scale of the problem – including among Hong Kongers not engaged in public activism.

Les auteurs de l'étude ont également indiqué que ces travaux pourraient aider les chirurgiens à éviter d'endommager le clitoris lors d'interventions chirurgicales pelviennes, Par exemple lors d'un accouchement, d'une chirurgie de confirmation de genre ou de la réparation des mutilations génitales féminines.

The 2026 NPT Review Conference is unfolding against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval. Absent strong U.S. leadership inside and outside the conference, even modest success appears remote. 

South Africa prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye is banned for 18 months for breaking anti-doping rules - ruling him out of the 2027 World Cup.

For Seoul, what the leaders of the great superpowers left unsaid in Beijing may matter more than what they agreed on.

Rahmon's four-day state visit also produced more than $8 billion in projected investment deals and confirmed Beijing's displacement of Moscow as Dushanbe's principal economic patron.

Les pays qui se qualifient pour la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA acquièrent un grand respect aux yeux du monde entier, ainsi que des avantages financiers et un grand bonheur parmi leur population.

India thought it had an agreement with the RSP leadership on its interests being accommodated.

There was a lot of grand talk about stabilizing the relationship, and few deliverables. 

The current decade could become the first golden era of Uzbek football, exemplified by two youth championships and participation at the upcoming World Cup.

Despite small steps in 2023 and 2024, the 2025 harvest reportedly saw a complete return to the mobilization of state employees into the fields.

Godwin Baguma, a été déclaré mort par erreur après qu’un corps en décomposition retrouvé dans un champ de canne à sucre eut été identifié comme le sien. Sa famille a organisé des funérailles précipitées, mais Baguma est réapparu vivant peu après, provoquant stupeur et confusion. L’incident a conduit à l’exhumation du corps enterré par erreur et à l’ouverture d’une enquête policière pour déterminer l’identité de la véritable dépouille.

« Pékin est sans doute le concurrent le plus redoutable auquel les États-Unis aient jamais été confrontés », affirme un analyste.

The Australian government has gone looking for oil in East and Southeast Asia with little or no understanding of where it actually comes from.

Rebel fighters and Rwandan troops are accused of committing atrocities after capturing the DR Congo city of Uvira in December.

Earlier this week, Senator Ronald dela Rosa, the enforcer of President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs," fled to his Senate office to avoid arrest on a warrant from the ICC.

The Malaysian financier recently sought a pardon, despite being accused of masterminding the theft of $4.5 billion from the state investment fund.

Can “The Legend of Maula Jatt” win over Chinese audiences and pave the way for more Pakistani films?

Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who stepped down voluntarily after leading one of Russia's most heavily pressured border regions during the conflict with Ukraine. The Kremlin appointed Alexander Shuvaev as acting governor of Belgorod Region. Putin held a working meeting with Shuvaev in the Kremlin shortly after the appointment became official. Earlier, sources close to the presidential administration and regional authorities told RBC that Shuvaev, a vice governor of Irkutsk Region and a decorated military officer, stood as the leading candidate for the post. A Military Officer Takes Charge of Belgorod Alexander Shuvaev was born in Belgorod Region in 1981. He graduated from the Ryazan Airborne Forces Institute and later from the Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces.

Despite high reported internet penetration, millions of Nepalis – especially in rural areas – remain offline or struggle with unreliable and unaffordable connections.