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Malawi president appeals for international food aid
Severe food shortages affect more than one quarter of the country’s population
VOA Kurdish: Kurdish activists claim prisoners still being held in Afrin
Since the Assad regime’s entry into Damascus, prisons across Syria were opened, but Kurdish activists claim that many Afrinis remain imprisoned by armed groups, with their fates unknown.
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American imprisoned in Assad's Syria calls his release from prison a 'blessing'
Travis Timmerman said he was released by ‘liberators’ who arrived in Damascus a day after longtime ruler fled
China-Russia Arctic cooperation a US national security concern
Other NATO members are responding to increased military activities of Russia and China in Arctic
It’s all diplomatic hands on deck in the Middle East.
It’s all diplomatic hands on deck in the Middle East as Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Jordan Thursday for talks with Jordanian and Turkish officials about the fall of the Syrian regime, and top Biden aides are pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza. A look at how U.S. foreign assistance is allocated and where it goes, French President Emanuel Macron is in Poland for meeting about security in Ukraine. Plus, what is "birthright citizenship" and what would happen if President-elect Donald...
San Francisco names street for Associated Press Iwo Jima photographer
Joe Rosenthal won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of US Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II
Millions mark Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Day, but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
Enormous crowds gather at Mexico City's Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to honor the virgin on the 493rd anniversary of her apparition in 1531
Trump offers support for dockworkers, says ports shouldn't install more automated systems
Dockworkers' contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports
Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon
Soy moratorium was landmark voluntary agreement banning trade in soybeans from recently deforested areas
Impeaching Yoon best way to restore order, S. Korean opposition leader says
Yoon Suk Yeol's move to impose military rule on December 3 was rescinded within six hours, but it plunged the country into a constitutional crisis