Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, John Kirby presented images he said showed Russian railcars traveling between North Korea and RussiaBy Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, Washington The US will designate Russia's Wagner group, which is believed to have thousands of mercenaries…
The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North Caucasus. After a decade of unsuccessfully fighting for independence, the autonomous region is now firmly under the control of its…
Dagestan, which translates as "land of the mountains", is situated in Russia's North Caucasus with Chechnya and Georgia to the west, Azerbaijan to the south and the Caspian Sea to the east. It is one of 22 republics that are…
Muslim women who wear headscarves are particularly affected by discrimination and exclusion in Germany, a report found, though not everyone in the governing coalition is in favour of reforming anti-discrimination laws. Read the original German article here. After Sinti and…
A new investigation found that Italian authorities took part in illegal intra-EU pushbacks of asylum seekers, detaining foreign nationals below deck on commercial ferries after their arrival in Italy’s ports and sending them back to Greece. The findings come at…
Rumours in Finnish media speculate that the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament want Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin to be their leading candidate in the 20
Members of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party want to make it easier for Polish authorities to electronically surveil citizens by giving officers easier access to their emails and social media messages. The lower house of the Polish parliament is…
The German parliament voted to recognise the prosecution and killing of thousands of Yezidi by the Islamic State (IS) as genocide with the backing of all party groups. The resolution, which was unanimously passed in the Bundestag on Thursday refers…
Advisers to President Biden calculated that the Justice Department would view possession of the documents as little more than a good-faith mistake. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Image source, Getty Images Television is the most powerful sector of the media industry and the main news source for most Russians, although its dominance is being eroded by the internet. The top national TV networks are either state-run or…