Ray Furlong

1 week ago | rferl.org | Ray Furlong

Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif has vowed retaliation after Indian air strikes claimed multiple lives, as tensions between the two nuclear-armed regional powers threatened to boil over. An emergency meeting of Pakistan's National Security Committee on May 7 concluded with a decision authorizing the country's military to respond. Hours earlier, Indian forces hit targets across Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

1 week ago | rferl.org | Ray Furlong

As Romanians cast their ballots in presidential elections on May 4, the focus is not only who might win -- but also on whether the debacle of the last vote can be avoided. Last time, in November, pro-Russian nationalist candidate Calin Georgescu caused a massive surprise in the first round of voting by coming first with some two million votes. Previously considered a fringe candidate with no serious chance of success, he never got to try his luck in the second-round run-off.

1 week ago | slobodnaevropa.org | Ray Furlong

PodijeliteKina, Indija i Rusija prave pomake u odnosima s talibanimaStrane vlade su izbjegavale talibane nakon što su preuzeli vlast u Afganistanu 2021. godine. Ali, nedavno su ostvarili značajne uspjehe u diplomatskim naporima za uspostavljanje međunarodnih veza. Ove sedmice, indijski specijalni izaslanik Anand Prakash bio je u Kabulu na razgovorima sa visokim talibanskim liderima o jačanju političkih i trgovinskih veza.

1 week ago | rferl.org | Ray Furlong

The Pakistani military reported that it had test fired a ballistic missile on May 3, as the country squares off with India following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Video released by the army showed the missile streaking into the sky as soldiers looked on, before shouting joyful slogans. The military said they had tested an Abdali surface-to-surface missile system, which has a range of 450 kilometers.

1 week ago | lrt.lt | Hrihoriy Pyrlik |Ray Furlong

00:00 | 00:00 18-metė ukrainietė neseniai „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) papasakojo, kaip ją, bandančią išvykti iš Rusijos okupuotos Ukrainos teritorijos, tardė Rusijos saugumo pareigūnai. „Kodėl tu nenori ištekėti už rusų kariškio?“ – klausė jie merginos. Ši publikacija yra LRT.lt portalo partnerio „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) originalus kūrinys.