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Pacific Island nations are arguing before the International Court of Justice, calling for an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of countries to fight climate change. As VOA’s Jessica Stone reports, the cost of inaction is most acute for Pacific Islanders.

Uber is operating its first water transport service in Asia, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The company provides a smartphone app that allows customers to request rides, food delivery and other services. Local boat owners are concerned it will hurt business. Muheet Ul Islam reports from Srinagar.

A former president challenges ruling party candidate

The campaign comes 10 years after a deadly outbreak resulted in the death of thousands in West Africa

MOMO Pencils founders produce up to 1 million pencils a month

The Syrian military announces its withdrawal from the central city of Hama after intense fighting with rebels

Country left without functioning government for the second time in a year

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels’ lightning victories are threatening to stoke tensions among Turkey, Iran and Russia — the main outside players in Syria’s 13-year-long civil war. But some analysts predict diplomacy could prevail, as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

US-financed Lobito port rail corridor aims to speed delivery of minerals — and more — for export

Ukraine's foreign minister calls Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov 'war criminal' as they both attend international summit in Malta

Southern Lebanon's ancient city of Tyre, one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, now bears the scars of weeks of Israeli airstrikes. Once vibrant and bustling, displaced residents are returning to a landscape of rubble and despair.

Upon signing the memorandum, Ukraine relinquished its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances

Human rights watchdog says Israel is subjecting Palestinians to 'slow, calculated death'; Israel says report is 'entirely false and based on lies'

President Joe Biden was in Angola Wednesday for a tour of Lobito port, the ocean terminal of a U.S.-backed railway redevelopment corridor. The president met with workers and spoke with leaders about what the president called the largest U.S. investment in a train project outside America.

Vietnam suspends operations of Chinese online retailer Temu after it failed to meet government deadline to register the company by end of November

Bitcoin has more than doubled in value this year and is up more than 50% in four weeks since Donald Trump's sweeping election victory, which also saw a slew of pro-crypto lawmakers being elected to Congress

Insurgents have been battling to try to enter Hama since Tuesday and there was heavy fighting overnight with Syrian army and allied Iran-backed militia groups supported by Russian bombardment, both sides say

Yoon Suk Yeol is far from the first South Korean president to see his rule descend into acrimony and scandal

US House speaker held a call with the self-ruled island's president