Germany Probes 'Very Serious' Incidents Near Ukrainian Plane, DHL Cargo Flight In Leipzig

German authorities are investigating two "very serious security incidents" at the Leipzig/Halle airport that temporarily suspended and diverted flights, raising suspicions of Russian involvement after similar incidents in recent years.

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Biggest Clue In US-Iran Conflict Is 'The Dog That Hasn't Barked,' Says War College's Jacob Stoil

A renewed exchange of military strikes and threats between the US and Iran has raised fresh fears of a wider Middle East war. But Jacob Stoil, research professor of Middle East security studies at the US Army War College, argues the more important story may be what has not happened.

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Patriot Debate Deepens As Bacon Questions Trump Shift, Senate Moves On Ukraine Arms

US President Donald Trump's decision to step back from his earlier pledge to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors has prompted renewed debate in Washington over the future direction of US military support for Kyiv.

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Memorial Held For Ukrainian Family Destroyed By Russian Missile

Mourners made a makeshift memorial to members of the Voronov family, which was almost entirely wiped out by a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian village of Radushne. Six out of the 10 family members were killed in the July 30 attack when the missile destroyed their home.

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Spate Of Attacks In Northern Afghanistan Pose Test For Taliban

Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province has been the scene of a spate of attacks in recent weeks carried out by armed opposition groups that have waged a low-level insurgency against the Taliban in recent years.

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Kyiv Visit By Trump Envoys Could Shift White House View Of Ukraine War, Says Kurt Volker

US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will send his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to Kyiv in the coming weeks. RFE/RL spoke with Kurt Volker about the significance of their visit.

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Ukraine Attacks Wildberries Logistics Hub In Volgograd

A Ukrainian drone attack targeted another Wildberries facility ⁠in Russia, this time in Volgograd. Russia's largest online retailer said on July 31 that a logistics hub had been hit. The strike is the latest in a series of attacks that have damaged at least 13 Wildberries warehouses since mid-July.

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Russian Students See University Dreams Deferred As More Spots Go To Veterans

Young Russians hoping to attend university are finding they have poor odds of getting in this year, even with outstanding exam scores. One reason is a government quota system that favors veterans of the war in Ukraine and their children for coveted state-funded university spots.

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Iran Has Tested the Gulf. Now Washington Must Rethink Its Security Role, Says Former Trump NSC Official Allison Minor

Former Trump White House official Allison Minor says Iran's latest attacks exposed the limits of the traditional US security guarantee in the Gulf. She argues Washington should shift toward a regional security model built on shared capabilities, integration, and stronger partnerships.

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Activists Call Baku Court's Sentencing Of Independent Journalists An 'Unmistakable Warning'

When Human Rights Watch's Georgi Gogia heard that several independent journalists were handed lengthy sentences this week by a court in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, he didn't know what motivated the judge. But he does know the message is an "unmistakable warning."

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'Get Off The Bus, Get Out Of The Country.' Ukrainians Took Refuge In Poland. Now They're Increasingly Fearful.

Ukrainians who've taken refuge in Poland from the Russian invasion say they’re increasingly under threat, targeted by xenophobic, racist attacks. The fears come as tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw fester due to grievances dating back to World War II.

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Russia Launches Massive Missile And Drone Attack On Ukraine

Russia launched dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, along with hundreds of drones, at Ukraine in the early hours of July 30 in another large-scale attack. Damage was reported in several cities, including Kyiv and Lviv.

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US Military Says Latest Strikes Target Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps

The US military said it launched dozens of strikes against targets linked to Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in response to Iranian attacks on American troops in Jordan after President Donald Trump had vowed to retaliate and "hit them very hard."

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Russia Pounds Ukraine With Missiles, Killing At Least Eight, Including Children

A barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes pummeled Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others as President Zelenskyy returned from the United States, where he said President Trump had agreed to provide Ukraine with licenses for Patriot missiles.

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For Central Asian Migrants, Russia's School Rules Are Splitting Families

As the new school year approaches, Central Asian migrant parents face a stark choice: bring their children to Russia and risk them being unable to enroll because of stricter Russian language rules or leave them behind.

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US Lawmaker Wilson Urges Serbia To Distance Itself From Russia Or Face Hurdles To Integration

US Congressman Joe Wilson tells RFE/RL's Balkan Service that Serbia should stop purchasing Russian energy and distance itself from Moscow, Beijing and Tehran if it wants to be fully integrated into Western institutions.

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US Senator: Russia Sanctions Bill Shows 'Bipartisan Coalition Of Support' For Ukraine

Ahead of a Senate vote on a sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a co-sponsor of the legislation, told RFE/RL that the legislation sends a strong message that the United States is committed to supporting Ukraine.

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Ukraine Defense Exhibition Organizer Held Without Bail After Deadly Russian Strike

A Ukrainian court has ordered the organizer of a military technology exhibition into pretrial detention without bail after a Russian missile strike on the event killed at least 11 people and injured 100. Vasyl Honcharuk allegedly organized the July 24 exhibition without required approval.

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Ukraine And Gulf Conflicts Have Become Increasingly Intertwined, Says Russia-Iran Analyst Nicole Grajewski

Russia and Iran's expanding partnership in drones, intelligence, sanctions evasion and internal security is increasingly linking the conflicts in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf, says Nicole Grajewski, an expert on Russian-Iranian relations.

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Ukraine Hits At Iran In The Caspian Sea. And Things Get Even Messier.

Russia’s Iranian-designed drones have ravaged Ukrainian forces in Moscow’s all-out war. As far as Ukraine is concerned, that means cargo ships plying the Caspian Sea with Iranian military goods are fair game. Including this past weekend.

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Ukrainian Court Jails Man Behind Kyiv Conference Hit By Russian Missiles

A Ukrainian court ordered a Kyiv businessman jailed without bail following a Russian missile attack on a defense technology conference that killed 11 people and wounded nearly 100.

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Zelenskyy To Meet Trump As Former Envoys See Chance To Cement US Support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington on July 28 at what may be one of the most consequential moments in US-Ukraine relations since Donald Trump's return to the White House, as Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region.

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Central Asia Is Increasingly Looking Beyond Iran, Says Analyst Ken Moriyasu

Has the Iran conflict permanently reshaped Central Asia's strategic map? Hudson Institute senior fellow Ken Moriyasu explains why governments across the region are increasingly looking beyond Iran toward Pakistan, Afghanistan and China for trade, connectivity, and access to global markets.

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'A Robot Won't Do': 60-Year-Old Ukrainian Volunteer Supplies Front Lines Amid Rise Of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Russian drone attacks are making it increasingly dangerous to deliver supplies to Ukraine's frontline troops. While Kyiv is deploying unmanned ground vehicles for some risky missions, volunteers like 60-year-old Mykhaylo continue making supply runs the old-fashioned way in the Donetsk region.

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During Talks With Putin, Kazakh Leader Urges Freeze in Ukraine War

In a face-to-face meeting, Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev told Vladimir Putin that it was time to freeze Russia's war in Ukraine.

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US State Department Calls For Halt To Executions Of Protesters In Iran

The US State Department criticized the execution of prisoners in Iran and called for the release of political prisoners as Tehran has ramped up its use of the death penalty in recent months.

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Pentagon Revises Casualty Figures, Sparking Transparency Debate

The Pentagon has revised down its official casualty figures from the war with Iran, updating the number of US military personnel killed and wounded during the five-month-old conflict.

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Ukrainian Leader To Kick Off Big Week With London Meeting With New British PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in London on July 27 as he begins a big week of foreign talks amid a rising civilian death toll from Russian air strikes back home.

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Fatal Accidents, Hidden Contracts: Chinese Building Projects In Serbia And Bosnia

Construction has resumed on a $107 million bridge in Belgrade after a crane collapse killed a Chinese worker, yet no one can say who owned the machine.

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Trump Says Iran 'Far More Serious' In Talks, Even As Attacks Intensify, Widen In Region

US President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠said Washington and Tehran were still conducting negotiations to end their conflict -- even as attacks intensified throughout the region, further threatening to widen the conflict into a full-blown Middle East war.

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