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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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

US President Donald Trump has begun a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as part of a renewed push by the White ...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the British charge d’affaires in Tehran after the United Kingdom charged three Iranians ...