Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

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Uzbeks burn coal, cut down trees for firewood, and gather manure to heat their homes amid energy shortages in the gas-rich ...

The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane in Kazakhstan on December 25 was caused by "external interference," according to Azerbaijan's transport minister. At least 38 of the 67 passengers ...

Four men suspected of planning terrorist attacks have been arrested in western North Macedonia, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said on December 15. RFE/RL has learnt that hundreds of foreign ...