Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 21st week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

The European Union and the United Kingdom have imposed a new batch of sanctions targeting dozens of ships considered to be ...

A two-hour-plus call was an eyebrow-raising shift in both substance and tone from Donald Trump: there was no demand for ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has cast doubt over ongoing negotiations with the United States on Iran's ...

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin really ready to commit to a cease-fire in the war against Ukraine? Lithuanian Foreign ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on one thing: my take from Tallinn and the road ...

The Lithuanian foreign minister Kęstutis Budrys has cast doubts on whether the Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to commit to a ceasefire in the Ukraine war anytime soon.

Putin has promised repeatedly that young Russian conscripts would not be deployed in combat with Ukrainian forces. But dozens ...

Nicusor Dan, 55, has won Romania's presidential run-off vote after months of political turmoil in the country. The centrist, pro-EU candidate who backs support for Ukraine was a mathematics prodigy in ...

Russian-born Pavel Durov said French intelligence asked him to ban Romanian right-wing comments on the Telegram messaging app ...

US special envoy Steve Witkoff declared on that the Donald Trump administration’s “red line” in the nuclear talks with Iran ...

Russia has labelled Amnesty International an "undesirable organization," effectively outlawing the global human rights group ...