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US sanctions Sweden-based gang with links to Iran

March 12, 2025 - 15:06
The US also places sanctions on the Foxtrot Network's leader, Rawa Majid

US lawmakers welcome Ukraine's agreement to 30-day ceasefire

March 12, 2025 - 14:49
Negotiators heading to Russia to secure President Putin’s agreement

US clears out remaining migrants from Guantanamo Bay

March 12, 2025 - 14:13
The ‘high-threat illegal aliens’ and others were taken from Guantanamo to Louisiana

Iran's Khamenei rejects idea of nuclear talks with US

March 12, 2025 - 14:05
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he had sent a letter to Khamenei proposing nuclear talks

March 12, 2025 - 1800 UTC

March 12, 2025 - 14:00

Russia’s Kiselyov misleads on European military capacities

March 12, 2025 - 13:14
Dmitry Kiselyov, CEO of the Russia state-owned media group MIA Rossiya Segodnya, mocked Europe's military capacity and questioned its ability to increase aid to Ukraine. VOA’s Leonid Martynyuk explains why that is false and misleading.

ICC takes custody of Philippine ex-president Duterte in crimes against humanity case

March 12, 2025 - 13:14
Estimates of the death toll during Duterte's presidential term vary from 6,000 to 30,000

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A look at the best news photos from around the world.

China outpacing US in Navy, commercial ship production

March 12, 2025 - 12:58
The U.S. says China is the biggest threat to its national security, the pacing challenge that America’s military must stay ahead of to remain the world’s largest and most lethal fighting force. But as VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports, the Chinese navy keeps growing.

Court rejects Russian oligarch’s challenge to US efforts to confiscate yacht

March 12, 2025 - 12:29
Ruling is a victory for US government, but likely not the end of the saga

VOA Kurdish: Civil society organizations support Ocalan's call for peace

March 12, 2025 - 11:51
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for peace on Feb. 27 continues to influence public opinion. Civil society organizations and art institutions have expressed support, while also urging the state to take concrete steps toward peace. Click here for the full TV story in Kurdish.

VOA Kurdish: SDF-Syrian interim government agreement seen as positive

March 12, 2025 - 11:48
Kurdish commentators view the agreement between the SDF and the Syrian interim government positively, expecting it to lead to future constitutional steps for Kurdish rights. Click here for the full web story in Kurdish.

Somali forces kill 50 militants in airstrikes after ending hotel siege

March 12, 2025 - 11:42
All six hotel attackers are killed, ending a siege that claimed the lives of seven other people

UN chief initiates organizational review amid growing funding cuts

March 12, 2025 - 11:24
Antonio Guterres says this will not be a DOGE-like exercise

India, Mauritius upgrade strategic ties with eye on China

March 12, 2025 - 10:44
Modi’s visit comes amid efforts to step up engagement with an Indian Ocean country of strategic importance where Beijing’s presence is growing

Democratic senator will not seek reelection in New Hampshire

March 12, 2025 - 10:26
Democrats already were facing a challenging political map in next year's midterm elections

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Bosnian prosecutors order arrest of Bosnian Serb leader Dodik 

March 12, 2025 - 07:45
Serb Republic television reported that the state prosecution has also ordered the arrest of Serb Republic Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic and regional parliament president Nenad Stevandic over ignoring summons in the case of the attack on constitutional order

Georgian ex-president Saakashvili gets nine more years in jail on fraud charge

March 12, 2025 - 07:42
Saakashvili, in office from 2004 to 2013, had been convicted of embezzling $3.3 million via expenses claims for what prosecutors called 'luxury' spending

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