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But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.

The president says the vote will marking a turning point. Skeptics yawn.

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.

Crowds are flocking to visit a new botanical wonderland that stands as testimony to the sway the billionaire chairman of the country’s ruling party holds over the nation.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

Kazakh activists are outraged at how their government kowtows to Beijing.

234,000 pneumonia cases from earlier this year will not be included in the tally.

If Georgian Dream wins a third consecutive term as Georgia’s governing party – a feat no party has achieved before – it will largely have COVID-19 to thank.

City authorities said they hoped the feast would cheer up frontline medical workers.

Georgia was one of a select few countries to be approved for travel to the EU in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Georgian authorities are taking a pass.