The head of Azerbaijan Airlines has joined hundreds of mourners in Baku to pay tribute to the victims killed in a deadly plane crash. The passenger jet went down near the city of Aqtau in western ...

Experts say evidence indicates that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane may have been hit by a ground-to-air missile over Russia’s Chechnya region before crossing the Caspian Sea and crashing near Aqtau, ...

From Central Europe to the Caucusus to Central Asia and Afghanistan, 2024 saw extreme flooding across many of the countries ...

Experts say they believe the flight crew of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on December 25 was struggling to control ...

North Korea’s elite troops have faced severe losses in Russia's war with Ukraine, with South Korean intelligence reporting ...

A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to Russia has crashed near the city of Aqtau in western Kazakhstan with 67 people on board, Kazakh authorities said on December 25. Officials ...

Syria's new Islamist rulers, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have swiftly moved to distance themselves from how the Taliban is ruling Afghanistan. The HTS leader has promised to allow women's education ...

Finland has staked a claim as the official home of Santa Claus, drawing international tourists to a holiday village in the ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 52nd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

From a freezing Ukrainian foxhole to the markets of Central Asia, our photographers explain how they captured history in 2024 ...

Speaking with RFE/RL from a military shelter in eastern Ukraine, a female drone pilot with the call sign "Siri" discusses her experience of losing her Ukrainian comrades on the front line.

Drones are being used to drop seeds as part of a pilot project to reforest parts of Kosovo. The Sustainability Leadership Kosovo group estimates an area of forest equal to three soccer fields is being ...