The Polish Foreign Ministry has joined Germany, the Czech Republic, and other nations in condemning alleged cyberattacks by the Russian APT28 group, saying it also was targeted ..read more

Afghanistan’s diplomat in India, who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and said she was the only woman in the country's diplomatic service, has resigned after being detained for allegedly smuggling gold ..read more

Russia's Interior Ministry has opened a "criminal case" against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and placed him on its wanted list, Russian state media reported on May 4 ..read more

There is growing demand for religious education in Kyrgyzstan, which has the highest number of girls studying in Islamic seminaries in Central Asia. But critics say the madrasahs are poorly regulated and fear they will lead to the Islamization of the country ..read more

An Iranian warship equipped with drones and missiles has crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time, Iran's IRIB state radio reported on May 4 ..read more

Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province plans to spend more than $25 million to boost security efforts in the restive region ..read more

Pakistan experienced its "wettest April since 1961," receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country's weather agency said ..read more

At least six people have been injured as a result of an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv and central Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to regional officials ..read more

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has continued to defend the "foreign agent" legislation that has sparked mass protests in Tbilisi, saying it is necessary to achieve "depolarization," in keeping with recommendations by the European Union ..read more

As nightly protests continue in Tbilisi over a controversial "foreign agent" bill, violent incidents have ramped up. Early on May 3, witnesses captured video of men dressed in black who arrived by car to assault the activists. One victim who was hospitalized described the beatings as "deliberate." There have also been widespread arrests and reports of an excessive use of force by the police ..read more