Russia Shipping Fuel To North Korea Above UN Cap, U.S. Says
Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the UN Security Council, the White House said on May 2.
Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the UN Security Council, the White House said on May 2.
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form-video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published on May 2 by the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
The new government of Serbia, which includes two politicians who were added to the U.S. sanctions list last year, has been overwhelmingly approved by parliament.
Iran's oil exports are growing, despite tough U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran's energy sector. Experts say China's willingness to buy Iranian oil, Iran's mastery of sanctions-evading tactics, and Washington's reluctance to enforce the sanctions have rendered attempts to tighten restrictions futile.
Kazakh journalist Zhamila Maricheva went on trial on May 2 for an online article she wrote supporting RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, known locally as Radio Azattyq.
Regional officials and employees of local state entities in Turkmenistan's western region of Balkan have been forced to buy watches with pictures of President Serdar Berdymukhammedov and his father and predecessor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, on the face of the timepiece.
Around 30 children were injured, three gravely, when an ice cream truck careened down a hill into a national holiday celebration in the Suzak region of Kyrgyzstan on May 2.
A draft resolution to establish an international day to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide has been sent to the United Nations General Assembly for a vote, Bosnia-Herzegovina's permanent representative to the UN said.
A 24-year-old man from Siberia died in hospital in St. Petersburg after staging a self-immolation action in front of a military recruitment center in Russia's second largest city, medical personnel at the Dzhanelidze hospital said on May 2.
Tehran has imposed a round of sanctions on a group of American and British companies and individuals, including British Defense Minister Grant Shapps, over their support for Israel in its war in the Gaza Strip.
The largest bank in the United States, JPMorgan Chase, said on May 2 its assets in Russia may be seized following lawsuits filed in Russia and the United States
Georgian police used water cannons, tear gas, and batons against demonstrators protesting the parliament's vote to advance a foreign influence bill that has sparked weeks of mass protests and warnings from the West that it would damage Georgia's course toward joining Euro-Atlantic institutions.
Police in Tbilisi fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters gathered outside Georgia's parliament on May 1 after a controversial "foreign agent" bill advanced in its second reading. The bill has fueled weeks of demonstrations and warnings from Brussels it could jeopardize Georgia's EU hopes.
Drone footage by RFE/RL's Georgian Service captured the massive scale of the latest protests in Tbilisi late on May 1. Activists had gathered to demonstrate against the so-called "foreign agents" bill, which lawmakers approved in a second reading ahead of a final vote expected later this month. Injuries were reported as police used tear gas and water cannons to try to drive the crowds away from the gates to the parliament building.