New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the country, resulting in seafood censored from menus, blacked-out museum displays, and covered mannequins.
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Archival photos show how Greenland became a Danish territory and why the United States is seeking to take control of the island.
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Debate has erupted online after several animals were killed in a Russian glide bomb strike on the Feldman Ecopark close to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
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On January 1, Bulgaria will adopt the euro as its official currency. Here's how the country is gearing up for the change.
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A Ukrainian theater infamously struck by Russian missiles in 2022 held a reopening ceremony on December 28, while much of the rest of Russian-occupied Mariupol remains in ruins.
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Images captured by photographers and RFE/RL journalists highlight the biggest news stories and most captivating moments from across our regions over the past year.
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A number of Afghan cultural figures and filmmakers consider the destruction of the historic Ariana Cinema by the Taliban government to be an erasure of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. A shopping mall will reportedly replace it. Built in the 1960s, the Kabul cinema attracted film fans for decades.
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