Mike Eckel

1 month ago | rferl.org | Andrey I. Shilov |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan |Mike Eckel

Baluch militants attacked a Pakistani security convoy, killing at least five people, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in troubled regions bordering Afghanistan. The March 16 attack came days after another group of Baluch militants hijacked a train and held hostages for 36 hours, a major escalation in its fight against national authorities in Islamabad.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Andrey I. Shilov |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan |Mike Eckel

At least 50 people have died in a fire at a crowded night club in the North Macedonia town of Kocani, the MIA news agency reported on March 16, quoting officials from the Interior Ministry. The fire broke out when pyrotechnics were used during a concert at the club by the band DNA late on March 15, the Macedonia's Media Information Agency (MIA) said.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Andrey I. Shilov |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan |Mike Eckel

BELGRADE – Following a massive student-led street protest in the Serbian capital, President Aleksandar Vucic acknowledged the “enormous negative energy and anger” directed at the country’s authorities and vowed that “we will have to change ourselves.”"All people in the government have to understand the message when this many people gather. We will have to change ourselves," he told a news conference on March 15 as tens of thousands of people gathered on the streets of Belgrade.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Andrey I. Shilov |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan |Mike Eckel

As many as 25 world leaders are set to hold a virtual meeting to voice support for Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion and discuss what they can do to improve security for Ukraine and increase pressure on Moscow to end the war.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Maja Zivanovic |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan |Mike Eckel

Following state prosecutors in Bosnia-Herzegovina ordering the arrest of Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik, Republika Srpska has adopted a draft of a new constitution. The new constitution would redefine the Serb entity as a state of the Serbian people, grant it the right to self-determination, and establish its own army. These provisions would be directly in conflict with the Bosnian Constitution and the Dayton peace accords, which established Republika Srpska as one of Bosnia's two entities.