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US intelligence officials say new evidence points to Russian and Iranian efforts to incite violence over results of the upcoming election

Biden underscored Ljubljana’s critical role in the August prisoner exchange that saw the release of 24 people, including three high-profile Americans in Russian custody

A rapprochement between Turkey and Egypt, the main supporters of the rival powers in Libya, could offer hope for easing tensions between the Libyan factions. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

The allegations point to a failed plan to assassinate Iranian American Masih Alinejad, a journalist and critic of Iran's repression of women

State-owned telecommunications company starts selling shares to public, in a move aimed at establishing new national stock market and giving Ethiopians a stake in the company, one of the country's largest and most profitable

Group of nations urges China to let in rights monitors to see situation of Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans

Health officials say there have been six cases of polio reported in Ivory Coast in 2023, and one so far this year. It doesn’t seem like many, but any polio cases are cause for concern among health officials trying to completely eradicate the disease. 

Amid rigging concerns from opposition parties, election observers from African Union, SADC and Commonwealth launch mission with call for peaceful elections

Russian anti-war activists found temporary refuge in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, but after a series of arrests and extraditions, they are no longer safe there

Blast happened as people were collecting fuel after vehicle overturned in an accident

A UN study estimates a spike in poverty for the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank

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Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Chinese President Xi Jinping his ‘dear friend’ Tuesday at a BRICS summit meeting hosted in Kazan

Palau’s government has proposed expanding fishing zone but some activists worry plan may damage country’s reputation in ocean conservation

More than 60,000 Ukrainian refugees — mostly women and children — are living in Hungary. VOA Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava Gongadze reports from Budapest on a new bilingual school for refugee children from Ukraine.

Researcher Elizabeth Sutterlin outlines various tactics used to crack down on online publishing, including imprisonment and violence, and how these issues impact Africa

Vui Nguyễn, a Vietnamese student working toward an MBA at Cal State Fullerton, talks about her journey and her goals in an interview with CSUF News. (October 2024) Read the story here.

It has not been determined whether the disclosure was a hack or a leak, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said

They come after years of sexual misconduct allegations that Jeffries lured young people with promises of modeling work and then pressed them into sex acts