Armenian Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian led a second day of mass protests in Yerevan on May 10, urging university students to boycott classes and join his movement. Galstanian and his supporters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a land deal that cedes some territory to Azerbaijan, a compromise that the government sees as a necessary step toward peace ..read more

Iranian rappers Vafa Ahmadpor and Danial Maghaddam were arrested after the release of a music video titled "Standby," which is critical of the authoritarian measures in place in Iran ..read more

A court in Russia's autonomous republic of Tatarstan has fined a 63-year-old woman for violating the “territorial integrity” of Russia for appeals on social media to learn the Tatar language ..read more

Russian forces didn’t capture Chasiv Yar in time to use it as a trophy at World War II Victory Day ceremonies, but the fate of the strategic Donbas city remains uncertain. Outmanned and outgunned, Ukrainian troops are struggling to thwart Russia’s offensive amid relentless air and artillery attacks ..read more

At a Europe Day celebration in Tbilisi, EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski told a crowd of Georgians to "keep the course toward the EU." His comments come amid an ongoing crackdown on demonstrations against a so-called "foreign agent" bill, which protesters say will stifle civil society and hurt the country's bid to join the EU. A vocal critic of the controversial bill was detained by Georgian police at his home on May 9 ..read more

A mosque in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka has reopened exactly 31 years after it was destroyed. The Arnaudija Mosque was built in 1595 but was torn down by Serbian forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. It's the last of 16 mosques that were destroyed in the city to be restored ..read more

The United States wants to force a gradual shift in Iran’s “decision-making calculus” by signing a defense deal with Saudi Arabia and securing the normalization of relations between Riyadh and Israel ..read more

Russian troops have attempted to open a new front by breaking through Ukrainian lines in the Kharkiv region, a move Kyiv said its forces repelled, though fighting continues ..read more

Some 11,000 Ukrainian men have illegally crossed the border into northern Romania to avoid being drafted since the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion, Romanian border police said ..read more

A senior Iranian official has issued a stark warning that Tehran might change its nuclear doctrine and begin to build nuclear bombs if the nation's existence is threatened ..read more