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The movie starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson earned only $11 million, according to studio estimates, making it one of the worst openings for Marvel-adjacent property

Voters were busy across the globe in 2024, with more than a dozen countries in Africa holding presidential, parliamentary or local elections. While some long-time dominant parties retained power in parts of Africa, incumbents suffered crushing defeats in others. VOA' Mariama Diallo reports.

Israel launched dozens more airstrikes into neighboring Syria over the weekend, claiming ongoing threats to its security. Syria’s new leadership calls those threats a false pretext, adding it has no desire for a new conflict. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.

Officials say most of the purported drones over eastern US states have been manned aircraft

Bolivia is the only country in the world that holds elections for top judicial posts, but soon Mexico will, too

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Francis appeared relaxed and energized during the one-day visit, just two days before his 88th birthday, still displaying a faded bruise from a fall a week ago

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday claimed its forces shot down 37 Ukrainian drones over the country’s south and west the previous night

Lula's medical team says surgery went well and that he would be able to walk and hold meetings as he rests in his home in Sao Paulo until Thursday

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates communications in the United States. Carr, an FCC commissioner since 2017, has taken aim at big tech and China’s influence on U.S. communications. VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden asking for answers; New Jersey’s new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone hunt in rural northern New Jersey, and posted about it on X

Syrian government has been under strict sanctions by United States, European Union and others for years as a result of Assad’s brutal response to what began as peaceful anti-government protests in 2011 and later spiraled into civil war

The intense tropical cyclone has now made landfall on the east coast of Africa, where aid agencies are warning of more loss of life and severe damage in northern Mozambique

An emergency rescue operation is now underway, Russian officials told state news outlets Sunday

A ministry spokesperson said the guests, aged from 18 to 56, included four Australians, one American and two foreigners who live in Fiji, whose nationalities were not given

Syria's de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said on Saturday that Israel was using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he was not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding

Officials said most schools were opening around the country on Sunday, which is the first day of the working week in most Arab countries

There had been high hopes that the summit hosted by Angola's President Joao Lourenco — the African Union mediator to end the conflict — would end with a deal to end the conflict