Asia

A wave of accusations of corruption, arrests and unexplained deaths among Russia’s top officials appears to be a silent...

The birthplace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has been the subject of media speculation — fuelled by...

Timur Ivanov was sentenced over a year after his arrest, convicted of embezzling millions in state funds and laundering...

U.S. and U.K. sanction Russian tech firm linked to cyberattacks and fentanyl trade via darknet platforms.

On Friday, an Azerbaijani court handed lengthy prison sentences to staff members of the independent outlet Abzas Media and a...

Kyrgyz authorities are holding a Kloop cameraman without legal access in a secretive detention facility, raising alarm over...

After IStories and OCCRP exposed ties between Telegram’s backend providers and Russian intelligence services, the company...

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian...

Kyrgyzstan’s ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev was sentenced in absentia for corruption and organizing 2019 riots, amid ongoing...

Ten human rights organizations released a joint statement calling on Kyrgyz authorities to end the crackdown on independent...

Outcry over lavish wealth, corruption, and repression brings down reformist Prime Minister after vote loss.

Sheikh Hasina, now in exile in India, faces charges over a deadly 2024 crackdown that killed more than 1,400 protesters,...