Skip to main content

Show All

Uzbekistan: State-Run Pilgrimage Prompts Complaints

Secret police surveillance and extortion by officials mars the hajj experience.

Editorial Comment

EU Should Keep Up Pressure on Belgrade

Caspian States Resume Talks on Sea Division

Editorial Comment

The Caucasus: A Broken Region

The Caucasus region is a small and troubled place.

Uzbek Party Reform Less Than it Seems

Internet Use in Tajikistan Higher Than Estimated

Analysts say poverty and government resistance are obstacles to increased web traffic.

Cutting-Edge Business in Kyrgyz South

At the Batken market in southern Kyrgyzstan, the old trade of sharpening tools is in particular demand this winter.

Tbilisi Witnesses Unholy Row

Call for commission to settle long-running dispute over ownership of Tbilisi church.

Kyrgyzstan: Concern as Western Broadcasts Pulled Off Air

Officials complain of biased reporting, while opponents fear end to media freedom.

Global Voices: Europe/Eurasia

Ukraine Videos

Justice for Victims: Navigating Ukraine's War Crimes Trials

Investigating Crimes Against Cultural Heritage in Odesa

Ukraine: We Cannot Tire of the Fight

Ukraine: The Need for Military Aid

Konstantinivka: Yet Another Day After

Ukraine: Defending the Enemy

Ukraine: Investigating War Crimes

Ukraine: Deporting Children, a War Crime

Posad-Pokrovs’ke: “We Need a Whole New Village”

Ukraine: War Teens

Orikhiv: City on the Verge

Ukraine: Searching for the Dead

Ukraine’s Blood Donors

Ukraine: Giving Birth Under Fire

Ukraine: War Trains

Ukraine: Bulletproof Vests for Children

Saving Ukraine’s Abandoned Animals

Connect with us

Editor's Picks

A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles.

A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years. © Umut Akar

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

Support local journalists