Russia has released 74-year-old US citizen Stephen Hubbard, who had been detained since 2022. He had been sentenced to prison for allegedly acting as a mercenary in Ukraine, charges his family disputed. President Vladimir Putin announced Hubbard’s release during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff.

O Colégio de Nossa Senhora do Alto, no centro de Faro, acolheu, no dia 10 de outubro, o Trio Elogio, num concerto integrado na 11.ª edição do Algarve Music Series. Com entrada gratuita, a apresentação reuniu os guitarristas Petrit Çeku, Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues e Tomislav Vukšić, contando ainda com a participação especial da violoncelista Isabel […]

Dora Guerreiro, vereadora da Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo, tem um percurso ligado ao ensino e à vida autárquica do concelho. Licenciada em Português e Inglês, com especialização em Educação Especial, exerceu funções docentes na Escola de São Vicente, em Vila do Bispo, antes de assumir a vereação, em abril de 2023. No mandato […]

Cláudio Lima, presidente da Delegação Regional do Algarve da Ordem dos Economistas, tem participado na reflexão sobre os desafios e as perspetivas de desenvolvimento da região, promovendo o debate económico e a sua aproximação à sociedade. É neste contexto que surge mais uma sessão do ciclo «Conversas com a Ordem», dedicada ao tema «Algarve sob […]

In what Ukraine's military is calling a historic first, a soldier who suffered injuries to both legs on the battlefield was evacuated by an unmanned aerial drone. His fellow servicemen say the soldier is "a hero" who didn't hesitate to strap himself to the hexacopter drone and fly back to his unit.

Ukraine’s forces have retaken 26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but the villages are largely destroyed and uninhabitable. As Russian troops are pushed back, Ukrainian forces face the challenge of holding the reclaimed territory under constant threat from drones.

A funeral was held in Radushne in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region on October 19 for five children from one family who were killed in an air strike on July 30. Their burial was delayed as investigators used DNA analysis to identify the victims. Five other family members had already been laid to rest.

RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko reports from Slovyansk after a residential building was hit in a Russian strike.

Iran’s Islamic republic has survived war, economic crisis, and widespread protests. So why is the system still standing? Vahid Pourostad of RFE/RL's Negah-e-Farda (Iran Tomorrow) program explains that its survival rests on entrenched networks of power and a fractured opposition.

The popular Iranian music group Pallett is refusing to play concerts in Iran after authorities barred a female band member from performing on stage. Iranian authorities continue its harsh repression of women, enforcing rules that limit their freedom to sing and perform in public.

Christopher Walker, vice president of the Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis, speaks to RFE/RL Senior International Correspondent Ray Furlong in Prague on October 14.

A new dress-code dispute in Azerbaijan’s public schools has sparked protests by parents and students after reports that girls wearing hijabs, or Islamic headscarf, were turned away from classes. The protests come after a new ban on clothing deemed incompatible with the secular nature of education.

Ukraine is increasingly using artificial intelligence in drones and other battlefield systems to track, identify, and attack targets. Military officials say humans still remain in control of lethal decisions, but developers warn that fully autonomous weapons are moving closer to reality.

De um lado fica uma baía e do outro a ria. Caminhando por este passadiço vai ter aos dois lados desta encantadora zona do Algarve.

O conteúdo O passadiço do Algarve onde caminhamos sobre a água (com VÍDEO) aparece primeiro em Algarve Marafado.

Ukraine has struck three of Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers in four days. Known as "Russia's Google," Yandex said it shut down a facility in the country's Vladimir region following an attack on October 11. The strikes have reportedly caused huge disruptions to digital services in Russia.

Is Russia about to attack the Baltic states? There are no signs of an imminent conventional invasion, but concerns are growing that Moscow could test NATO in other ways.

A Starlink trial on an Italian hilltop connected an ordinary smartphone to the Internet without mobile coverage, a satellite dish, or an external antenna. It drew attention in Iran, where Internet access is heavily filtered and authorities imposed a near-total blackout during the January protests.

As millions of Afghans struggle just to afford food, some have turned to selling one of their last remaining resources: a healthy kidney. The costs can be devastating: One woman said her health has deteriorated since she sold a kidney for a modest sum that failed to clear her family's debts.

Mikhail Klimaryov fled Russia to escape political persecution and now lives in Germany, but says he is still not safe. The constant pressure from Kremlin agents has, he says, driven him to "a kind of paranoia" about his security.

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