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Wildfires in the Los Angeles, California, area are raging and weather conditions aren’t helping matters, with winds picking back up. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the story.

Ukraine reportedly captured two North Koreans in Russia's Kursk region, the first time it announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into Russia's war against Ukraine last fall

Among facilities destroyed was the Eaton Canyon Nature Area which had hosted field trips, homeschoolers and preschools

Fires burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere

Experts and rights advocates are reacting to the United States’ determination on Jan. 7 that genocide is being committed by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces and its allies. Henry Wilkins has more.

Protest was organized and led by students from Belgrade state university who are demanding that those responsible for the roof collapse are brought to justice

Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Jordan — The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Parolin’s three-day visit to Jordan coincides with a new exhibition of 90 Jordanian artifacts of the nation's history at the start of Christianity, to be debuted at the Vatican in February.  Representing Pope...

Sunday's studio estimates came as much of Hollywood’s attention was on the wildfires that continue to rage in Los Angeles

There were signs that long elusive ceasefire to end fighting between Israel and militant group Hamas in Gaza could be reached in the coming days, along with release of the remaining hostages held by militants

The ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement party won 124 out of 188 seats, while the voter turnout was 51.5%, according to the provisional results announced late Saturday

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Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States later this month. U.S. voters have differing expectations for their next president. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.

President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost

As wildfires raged for a sixth day, death toll reached 16, with officials worried that more bodies will be found by searchers and cadaver dogs in neighborhoods that have been leveled by blazes

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as crews battle to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks, The Associated Press reported. The California Office of Emergency Services says 150,000 people in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders, with more than 700 people taking refuge in nine shelters.

Many of the demonstrators in Bucharest honked horns and waved Romania's blue, yellow, and red flags, while others brandished placards bearing slogans such as "Democracy is not optional" and "We want free elections"

Mohammad Abedini wanted by US over a drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago

Yousafzai spoke at the closing session of a Pakistan-hosted international summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities around the world, sharply criticizing the hardline Taliban government