A group of Polish mountaineers are attempting to be the first to scale K2, the world's second highest peak, in wintertime.
The time when the United States acted on the global stage as "the indispensable nation" is coming to a close as the geopolitical environment shifts and diversifies. Can the Trump administration find a way to effectively navigate this perilous transition?
Iranian President Hassan Rohani will address the country on December 31 after three days of antigovernment street protests over rising prices left at least two demonstrators dead and prompted security officials to warn of an “iron fist” response.
Annual nationwide pro-government rallies are taking place across Iran amid large economic protests in several cities sparked by a surge in prices of basic food supplies, like eggs and poultry.
President Mirziyoev has not met high expectations for reforms during his first year in office, but improvements to Uzbekistan's economic prospects have put his rule on solid ground.
There were dozens of casualties following a deadly suicide attack on a Shi'ite center in Kabul. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Thousands of Afghan civilians who have fled persecution by Islamic State (IS) militants in a remote province of northern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says at least 40 people have been killed and 30 wounded by multiple bomb blasts at a Shi'ite cultural center near a news agency in Kabul.
India denounced Pakistan on December 26 over the treatment of the family of an Indian man sentenced to death for spying, saying they had been harassed during a visit -- a charge Pakistan called "baseless."
Director Nora Twomey talks about her award-winning animated drama The Breadwinner, and storytelling as a response to conflict in places like Afghanistan and her native Ireland.
A suicide bomber blew himself up near Afghanistan's national intelligence agency compound in Kabul early on December 25, killing at least six civilians, security officials say.
The authorities have ordered mosques in central Uzbekistan to donate money for New Year's street decorations.
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