As tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets last week to protest against the election results, the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was highlighted again. The protesters, some carrying anti-Russia banners, viewed the parliamentary election as a crucial choice for the country’s future - towards Russia, or the EU?

After giving a speech from the symbolic Arc de Triomf in Barcelona and then evading a police dragnet, Carles Puigdemont has made it back to Belgium. ‘Today I’m in Waterloo after a few extremely difficult days,’ he posted on X.

France has shifted its decadeslong position on the status of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, which claims to represent the Saharawi people, has vowed to push back against Morocco and France.

As both sides of the island mark the war that began on 20 July 1974, it is in the knowledge that almost nothing has changed.

New 10 and 100 Apsar banknotes have been issued in Abkhazia. However, the main currency in the republic remains the Russian ruble. The Abkhazian Apsar is mostly bought by numismatists and tourists as a souvenir.

Chinese personnel used knives and machetes to puncture Philippine dinghies attempting to resupply an outpost in the South China Sea, Philippine officials say.

The new book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century lays out what might actually happen if China were to invade Taiwan in 2028.

GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger

A message in a bottle launched from an island between the United States and Canada turned up 63 years later near Boston.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia has published the final results of the parliamentary elections held on June 9.

Taiwan’s president tells military academy cadets that the main challenge they face is the strong rise of Beijing.

5 takeaways from the surprise election results in Catalonia, where the separatist dream suffered a setback.

A multitude of looks at the Kurds at a chronically urgent film festival: the Amsterdam Kurdish Film Festival, from 10-12 May in the Netherlands.

More and more people are asking Ukraine to drop its defense and sit at the negotiation table with Russia. What exactly a deal would involve is largely left unsaid. But it would clearly involve freezing the conflict, resigning Ukraine’s occupied territory to Russia in exchange for an end to the fighting.

For over a century, Kurds have been trying to fight for their rights and freedom. Sadly, their quest has been largely characterized by human rights abuses and marginalization. Hindered by political persecution, their dream of independence has been gradually fading.

The war against Ukraine did not start in February 2022, but in the spring of 2014. And the root of the invasions goes back in time even more, as they were a delayed response to the collapse of the Soviet Union and earlier territorial claims. The online exhibition Borderlands - Ukraine in Historical Maps - with numerous maps and short commentaries, aims to shed some light on the historical backgrounds of the present war of Russia against Ukraine. It was curated by historian Harrie Teunissen and map curator Martijn Storms.