Families sharing single meals. Appliances sold to pay utility bills. Businesses gutted. Four Iranians inside the country describe an economy in freefall.

The United States and Iran exchanged missile and drone attacks as a fragile cease-fire hangs in the balance amid uncertainty in stalled peace talks.

Ukraine launched drone attacks on a Russian oil terminal and military sites in St. Petersburg on June 3 hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host a major international economic forum.

Diplomatic efforts to contain the widening Middle East crisis entered a critical phase this week as US officials sought to keep alive negotiations with Iran amid mounting tensions. RFE/RL spoke with Dania Arayssi, program head and senior analyst at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy.

Frederick Flott, who died in 2006, was a longtime State Department diplomat around the world, as well as a CIA agent who worked under diplomatic cover. For years, the KGB tried to recruit him. Did it succeed?

Ukrainian drones attacked energy and military sites in St. Petersburg as Russia's major economic forum was set to kick off in the city, a day after Moscow killed 23 people across Ukraine in devastating air attacks.

Playgrounds recently installed across Russia are being constructed with an overtly militarized theme amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.