A minibus driver in Makhachkala, Russia who offers free rides every Friday has been rewarded for his generosity. Grateful passengers have raised cash to send Abdulmedzhid Chupalaev to the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. (Current Time TV)
The search continued for missing crew members two days after a Panama-registered oil tanker and a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter collided off China's east coast.
Video released by the social media site FreedomMessenger purports to show antigovernment protesters attacking a police station in the Iranian town of Qahdarijan. (AP/FreedomMessenger)
Some residents of Tehran described their financial struggles as days of antigovernment protests took place in dozens of towns and cities across Iran. (AFP)
A wide range of amateur video clips posted on social media from the evening of December 31 showed antigovernment protests growing across Iran. RFE/RL cannot independently confirm the authenticity of each video clip.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani said citizens in his nation were "absolutely free" to criticize the authorities and protest, but he warned against the use of violence in public demonstrations.
A bombing has killed at least 17 people and injured 13 at a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The December 31 bombing follows multiple bomb blasts on December 28 at a Shi'ite cultural center in Kabul that left at least 41 people dead. (Reuters)
Annual nationwide pro-government rallies took place across Iran on December 30 amid large economic protests in several cities sparked by a surge in prices for basic food supplies. (Reuters/IRINN)
Protesters took to the streets of the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad and other towns on December 28 to voice their anger over high prices and unemployment. Clashes were reported as police used tear gas to disperse the crowds. Amateur videos provided to RFE/RL's Radio Farda shows scenes of unrest.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says at least 40 people have been killed by multiple bomb blasts at a Shi'ite cultural center near a news agency in Kabul.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the national intelligence service compound in Kabul on December 25, leaving at least six people dead and several wounded. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
There's no shortage of flash points in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump recently exposed the gulf in that region over what to call the Gulf.
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