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Russia, Ukraine trade drone attacks

October 23, 2024 - 01:53
Zelenskyy: Ukraine has info on North Korea troops being trained to fight in Ukraine

Thousands flee homes as fierce tropical storm batters Philippines

October 23, 2024 - 01:45
At an emergency meeting of government agencies Wednesday morning, President Ferdinand Marcos said 'the worst is yet to come'

Antony Blinken in Israel

October 22, 2024 - 23:35
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel, trying to capitalize on the optimism following the death of Yahya Sinwar to get a cease-fire deal. The United States charged a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp. in a plot to kill an Iranian dissident journalist in New York. NATO reacts to North Korean troops in Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping meet. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter casts his ballot, plus a look at the Electoral College: why we have it, and how well it...

Giuliani ordered to turn over NYC apartment, 26 watches to Georgia election workers

October 22, 2024 - 22:59
Giuliani does not have to give the election workers three New York Yankees World Series rings or his Florida condominium — for now — noting those assets are tied up in other litigation

E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder kills 1, sickens dozens in US

October 22, 2024 - 22:49
McDonald's has proactively removed the slivered onions and beef patties used for the Quarter Pounder hamburgers from stores in the affected states while the investigation continues

October 23, 2024 - 0200 UTC

October 22, 2024 - 22:00

Tunisia's president inaugurated for second term

October 22, 2024 - 21:16
Kais Saied won more than 90% of votes with 28.8% voter turnout

Murders of Sikhs spotlight sect's long history in Canada

October 22, 2024 - 21:02
Canada-India friction over Sikh separatism has roots in two airplane bombings in 1985

Ukraine's prosecutor general resigns following draft-dodging scandal

October 22, 2024 - 20:33
The president has ordered an overhaul of the disability assessment system.

Blinken visits Tel Aviv as Israeli forces pummel Lebanon, Gaza

October 22, 2024 - 19:57
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv Tuesday. Washington is calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, and the enforcement of a U.N. resolution that ended the last major war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Media hub to offer equipment, training to Myanmar media

October 22, 2024 - 19:55
Journalists welcome support but say more war-reporting training is needed

Two transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

October 22, 2024 - 19:51
Transgender people are often subjected to harassment, abuse and attacks in Muslim-majority Pakistan

Israel ramps up eviction, demolition orders for Palestinians in East Jerusalem

October 22, 2024 - 19:49
Hundreds of Palestinians in East Jerusalem are set to have their homes demolished or to be evicted in favor of Jewish settlers. Both sides say they purchased their homes legally. Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem. Camera: Ricki Rosen

Guinea-Bissau media face crackdown ahead of November election

October 22, 2024 - 18:55
Government licensing fees, restrictions challenge press freedom in Guinea-Bissau’s upcoming election coverage

Exclusive: Facing cash crunch, Hezbollah seeks to boost illegal drug sales in Europe

October 22, 2024 - 18:09
Former US officials, citing contacts with Europe-based drug traffickers, tell VOA there is an uptick in Hezbollah efforts to profit from illegal drug sales this month

October 22, 2024 - 2200 UTC

October 22, 2024 - 18:00

Dwindling biodiversity sign of planet in peril

October 22, 2024 - 18:00
The world is experiencing its largest loss of life since the dinosaurs, with around 1 million plant and animal species now threatened with extinction. That's according to the United Nations Environment Program. It's also the focus of this week’s UN Biodiversity Summit where leaders and environmentalists from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Cali, Columbia to debate ways to reverse the trend and save nature. We speak with Tanya Sanerib International Legal Director with the Center for...

Iraq says it killed top Islamic State group figure

October 22, 2024 - 17:57
Mountain raid carried out with support from U.S.-led counterterrorism coalition

'Made in China’ election merchandise floods US market

October 22, 2024 - 17:36
With the help of e-commerce platforms, Chinese traders are flooding the market for U.S. election merchandise with cheaper goods

VOA interview: US Army General Costanza discusses Russia's threat to West

October 22, 2024 - 16:49
Russia is learning how to fight the West in Ukraine and sharing its intelligence with China, Iran and other authoritarian powers, says Lieutenant General Charles Costanza, commander of the US Army’s V Corps in Poland

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