Headlines- Spain defeats Argentina in the final to win their second World Cup.
- Bahrain's interior ministry reported that its air raid sirens had sounded overnight on Sunday and Monday.
- During what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) called "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq on Saturday, one American service member was killed and another was injured.
- Three missiles launched from Iran struck various parts of Jordan, according to a statement posted by the army online on Sunday.
- On Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was "looking into reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, Iran," following allegations of a U.S. strike on the facility made by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
- Early on Sunday morning, a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left nine people injured, the alleged gunman was shot by police and sent to a nearby hospital with life-threatening fatal injuries.
Tag: RFE/RL
From Tehran To Tbilisi, An Iranian...
Twenty-five-year old Pegah plays music on the street, gathers with friends in the park, and dresses as she pleases — all things that were difficult or impossible in her native Iran. She fled to Georgia following repeated arrests for violating Iran’s dress code, and after she appeared in a documentary that put her on the authorities’ radar
Inside Tehran’s Sex Trade, A Business...
In Iran’s conservative Islamic society, prostitution is illegal, immoral, and rarely discussed. But in an investigative documentary by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, sex workers in Tehran describe a routine business where clients are easily found and family members turn a blind eye
News Armenia
Thousands of people rallied near parliament in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on March 1st to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian,
Armenia In Crisis: What’s Next After...
Armenia is in the midst of a political crisis amid calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to step down. After top military officers called for him to resign, Pashinian described the move as “an attempted coup.”
Pashinian Marches With Supporters, Accuses Armenian...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has taken to the streets of Yerevan, along with his supporters on February 25 after what he called “an attempted military coup” by Armenian army officers who wrote a letter demanding his resignation
Belarusian Athletes Purged For Opposing Lukashenka
More than 100 men and women have been barred from competitive sports in Belarus since signing an open letter calling for an end to police violence against peaceful anti-government protesters
Hunger In Hungary: Budapest Volunteers Get...
The Hungarian NGO Heti Betevo (“Weekly Meal”) was founded by professional chefs more than seven years ago. Every Sunday, they prepare hundreds of restaurant-quality meals with the help of volunteers
Tea, Cake, And Death Threats: Coexistence...
When an Armenian shopkeeper tells our TV crew she would serve Azerbaijani customers, her husband threatens to kill her. The new borders drawn by the peace deal signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan has split the village of Shurnukh and brought new tensions
Goulash For Dessert? Hungarian Makes Cakes,...
Hungarian Adrienn Sabjan makes and sells cakes that look like meat stew, chicken paprikash, and other traditional Hungarian savory recipes. After pictures of her taste-twisting creations went viral online, the former financial executive quit her job in 2019 and set up a bakery in Budapest
News Pakistan
Pakistan’s first-ever international snowboarding championship has concluded with successes being chalked up by both Pakistan and Afghanistan…Dozens of teachers protested in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on January 25 to demand the cancellation of a government order to transfer them back to cities in the provinces…Hundreds of university students gathered in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on January 22 to demand that they be allowed to write their exams online instead of being forced to take them in person in examination halls