A major earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks struck early on January 23 along the China-Kyrgyzstan border, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, warning of potentially widespread damage.
Apple paid a 1.2 billion-ruble ($13.6 million) fine to the Russian government over Moscow's claims that the U.S. tech giant abused its dominant position in the mobile app market, the country's competition watchdog said.
It took years for Jelena Riznic to get Serbian police to take action against a former university classmate who began stalking her in 2019. He eventually threatened violence and a large cache of weapons was discovered at his home when he was arrested. Since then, Riznic's requests for information have gone unanswered by the authorities.
The Taliban has detained another Afghan journalist in the country's capital, Kabul, in a continuing crackdown on independent media in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Treasury Department on January 22 designated Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and its CEO for "supporting" Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Lebanon.
Imprisoned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been told he faces new additional charges that put him in jeopardy of facing the death penalty if convicted.
An olive tree estimated to be more than 2,200 years old in the Montenegrin town of Bar is in peril after it was discovered part of it was drying out. Work on a new drainage system has just begun in an effort to save the ancient tree.
Protesters in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdistan have condemned last week’s strikes on Irbil by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Sweden, succession, Steadfast Defender, spending, and a key summit. These are the issues that will preoccupy NATO in 2024.
The trial in absentia of six former law enforcement officers who left Belarus after taking the side of protesters in 2020 challenging the official results of a presidential election that named authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka the winner began behind closed doors on January 22.
The Taliban is restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel, and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published on January 22.
Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov said on January 22 that Kremlin-friendly Russian journalist Tina Kandelaki has been banned from entering the country over a post she made online, alleging that the Russian language was being discriminated against in the Central Asian nation.
Iran and Pakistan have announced in a joint statement that their respective ambassadors will return to their posts and that Iran's foreign minister will visit Islamabad next week in a sign the neighboring states are rebuilding strained ties.
A commemoration was held in Vilnius on January 21 to mark the memory of Kastus Kalinouski, aka Konstanty Kalinowski, a prominent Belarusian and Polish revolutionary who played a key role in a revolt against the Russian Empire known as the "January Uprising," which began at the beginning of 1863.
Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny say the outspoken Kremlin critic was placed in punitive solitary confinement for 10 days for "failing to promptly introduce himself to a prison guard."
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fourth week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
