Новости за 04.05.2024

The Polish Foreign Ministry has joined Germany, the Czech Republic, and other nations in condemning alleged cyberattacks by the Russian APT28 group, saying it also was targeted.

Protesters who have been staging a sit-in at a key border-crossing point in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan say that security forces have opened fire on them, killing one and injuring several more.

Afghanistan’s diplomat in India, who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and said she was the only woman in the country's diplomatic service, has resigned after being detained for allegedly smuggling gold.

There is growing demand for religious education in Kyrgyzstan, which has the highest number of girls studying in Islamic seminaries in Central Asia. But critics say the madrasahs are poorly regulated and fear they will lead to the Islamization of the country.

An Iranian warship equipped with drones and missiles has crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time, Iran's IRIB state radio reported on May 4.

Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province plans to spend more than $25 million to boost security efforts in the restive region.

Pakistan experienced its "wettest April since 1961," receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country's weather agency said.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has continued to defend the "foreign agent" legislation that has sparked mass protests in Tbilisi, saying it is necessary to achieve "depolarization," in keeping with recommendations by the European Union.

As nightly protests continue in Tbilisi over a controversial "foreign agent" bill, violent incidents have ramped up. Early on May 3, witnesses captured video of men dressed in black who arrived by car to assault the activists. One victim who was hospitalized described the beatings as "deliberate." There have also been widespread arrests and reports of an excessive use of force by the police.