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Motivations, ambitions of Congo’s M23 rebels unclear, analysts say
A Rwandan government minister and M23 rebel group spokesperson were sanctioned Thursday by US for alleged involvement in recent conflict in DRC
Rubio highlights emerging terror threat in Afghanistan
US official doesn’t think it is a pre-9/11 landscape but adds there are places that create opportunity for groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State
Half-billion people attend Hindu festival in India
Ordinary devotees, billionaires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, politicians and Bollywood stars have attended
Russian region holding Ukrainian Prisoners of War as ‘bargaining chip’
Ukrainian authorities estimate that more than 150 Ukrainian POWs are currently being held in Chechnya, a Russian region ruled by authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov
Netanyahu: Hamas will 'pay the price' for not returning body of Israeli hostage
Israeli president: Hearts of the nation 'lie in tatters'
Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say
Team of researchers finds sharp increase in melting over the past decade
Commercial airlines warned as Chinese navy holds live-fire exercises off Australia
Australia says there was no imminent risk to any Australian or New Zealand assets
US tax agency fires 6,000 amid federal government downsizing
Move eliminates roughly 6% of the Internal Revenue Service’s workforce during busy tax-filing season
Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
US President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to step up deportations
China says Philippine aircraft 'illegally' flew over disputed sea
There was no immediate comment from the Philippine Embassy in Beijing
South Korea's ousted PM says he tried to stop martial law decree
He testifies at his former boss's impeachment trial
South Korea requests exclusion from US plan to increase tariffs
Seoul emphasizes that South Korea is already applying low duties on American products under the free trade agreement between the 2 nations
Philippine police arrest more than 450 in raid on alleged 'Chinese-run' scam center
Officials say it targed victims in China and India with sports betting and investment schemes
Netanyahu orders 'intensive' West Bank operations after Israel bus blasts
3 devices detonated, 2 more were defused
Hamas releases bodies of three hostages and unidentified woman
Arab nations meet to find alternative to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as US pushes for ceasefire phase two
Vance delivers warning to Europe at conservative gathering
Changing attitudes toward the long-standing US-European alliance are on display at the annual conference
Washington’s former ambassador to Kyiv weighs in
VOA speaks with Washington’s former ambassador to Kyiv about the recent tension in the relationship and the way forward to a peace plan. Ukrainians react to President Trump’s disparaging statements about President Zelenskyy. An update on the fragile peace between Israel and Hamas. The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in the United States, and Germany prepares for an election.