Authoritarian governments are reaching across borders to silence their critics—and increasingly doing it together.

Daniela Gerson chronicles her family’s not-so-unique journey in her new book, “The Wanderers," a blend of memoir, history, and journalism.

Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities could play a decisive role in challenging the regime and reshaping the country’s political future.

Daraa’s governor rallies for Syria’s reconstruction amid deep scars of war, rejecting Israeli aid and welcoming Turkish support. After more than a decade of bloody civil war and widespread destruction ...

Soon before she arrived in Turkmenistan in early 2026, Canadian traveler Elyse Williams received a warning from her tour company not to venture far from her hotel in the authoritarian country and to ...

(RNS) — A group of synagogues, nonprofits and small lay-led prayer communities previously on the margins of the Jewish establishment have formed a new association as an effort to better advocate for ...

* Turkmenistan’s mid-year population from the data of United Nations Population Fund. ** In 2021, according to World Health organization, WHO (Turkmenistan). Turkmenistan is a landlocked upper ...

Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.

Indian freestyle wrestlers maintained their solid form at the U23 Asian Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam, adding four more ...

A devastating morning inferno at a lodging facility in New Delhi, India, has claimed the lives of at least 21 individuals, ...