Iran’s currency fell to a record low on March 24, plunging to 613,500 rials to the dollar as Iranians celebrated the Persian New Year. Most of the shops in Tehran's main currency exchange hub were closed due to the Norouz holidays.
Recent attacks on foreigners, many of them university students, in Bulgaria have sparked concerns over rising xenophobia. Disinformation on social media falsely claiming that Bulgaria could soon face a wave of illegal migration has increased racial tensions.
Two men were wounded by a grenade they detonated as they attempted to storm a police station in Armenia's capital on March 24, the Interior Ministry of the Caucasus country said.
Four people were killed and several others injured on March 24 when a driver competing in a Hungarian motorsport rally skidded off the road and crashed into spectators, authorities said.
What is Islamic State-Khorasan, the militant group that U.S. officials say was responsible for the deadliest attack in Russia in decades?
Fraying Armenia-Russian ties have led to speculation about the future of Russia’s military base in Armenia. But locals find it hard to imagine it leaving.
Several apparent xenophobic incidents targeting Central Asian migrants have been reported in Russia as the country observes a day of mourning for the victims of a March 22 terrorist attack on a concert hall outside of Moscow that left 133 people dead.
Russia was observing a national day of mourning on March 24 to remember the victims of a terrorist attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that left 133 people dead.
A former U.S. envoy to Moscow said the worst terrorist attack on Russian soil in nearly two decades represents “a serious intelligence failure” and warned that President Vladimir Putin could use it to justify further mobilization and oppression.
