According to early results, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party were ahead in Turkey's parliamentary and presidential elections, which are seen as a test of his grip on power after more than 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule.
Polls have opened in Turkey for presidential and parliamentary elections that will test President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power after more than 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule.
In better days, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov's public absence might not have been a problem. But these are bad times, and his country can use all the friends it can get. (The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
A successful Turkmen college student in Turkey was asked by the Turkmen Embassy to speak in parliament but has instead been sentenced to a long prison term. (The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
The UN human rights chief has called for an international investigation into possible rights violations in Kashmir, the disputed region divided between India and Pakistan.
Iran is applauding an Afghan-born immigrant for her scientific contributions, including a pollution-monitoring device that is expected to be used in a major underground tunnel in the Iranian capital.
The top Islamic official in Tajikistan has declared boxing and fighting sports "without rules" to be "haram" -- forbidden under Islamic law.
United Nations agencies in Kyrgyzstan have expressed concern over the brutal killing of a 20-year-old woman by her abductor, and urged the Central Asian country to take "all appropriate measures" to stop illegal practices such as bride kidnapping as well as child and forced marriage.
India will keep trading with Iran and Venezuela despite the threat of penalties for violating U.S. sanctions recently announced against the two countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has said.
Many governments worry about what to do with citizens returning from combat abroad in the ranks of extremists. Kyrgyzstan, which suddenly ramped up its roundups of returning "jihadists," thinks it has an answer.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to the Black Sea resort of Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 21 to discuss ways to strengthen the two countries' "privileged strategic" relationship.
RFE/RL correspondent Soltan Achilova was forcibly detained and threatened by security forces in Turkmenistan.
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