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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the U.S. on Wednesday. President Donald Trump announced Modi's White House visit as India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, where they agreed to restore bilateral ties and resume direct flights and pilgrimages by Indian pilgrims to a holy site in Tibet.  While Modi's government has shifted toward populist policies, China launched an aggressive public relations campaign in 2024...

Since its launch, Chinese startup DeepSeek has attracted worldwide attention for its comparatively low cost and advanced reasoning capabilities. However, more and more researchers have begun to question the security of DeepSeek.   They worry that the price of DeepSeek's low-cost research and development may be a lack of security, and its security vulnerabilities may be exploited by criminals. It is particularly weak in preventing malicious exploitation, such as being manipulated into...

The restored maximum pressure campaign on Iran will continue if it does not want a new nuclear deal, the ‌State Department said, while reiterating Washington’s commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.  “If the Iranian regime does not want a deal, the president is clear, Iran will remain under the restored maximum pressure campaign,” a State Department spokesperson told VOA Persian on Monday, referring to President Donald Trump’s willingness to discuss a new deal with...

VOA Russian speaks to Yevgeniya Chirikova, a coordinator of the Activatica initiative that tracked down the Kremlin's system of mass torture and violence on Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army. Using the blueprint that Moscow previously used in Chechnya, Activatica says Russian forces kidnap civilians they deem dangerous and put them in illegal detention centers where they are subjected to systematic torture sanctioned by the authorities in Moscow. Click here for the full...

Pentagon says Pete Hegseth is expected to push NATO allies to spend more on defense, take more ownership of European challenges

President Donald Trump’s point person for making rapid changes at U.S. governmental agencies is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Congressional Democrats say that the Trump-backed multibillionaire's attempt to reduce federal government spending is wrong. Michelle Quinn has more.

A multi-vehicle crash reportedly sent the bus off the bridge before dawn, trapping survivors; many of the victims pulled from the wreckage were seriously injured

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

The halo encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years

President's executive order aims to end automatic citizenship for children of people who are in the US illegally, even though it’s enshrined in the Constitution

Klaus Iohannis served the maximum of two five-year terms but his presidency was extended in December after the Constitutional Court canceled a presidential race two days before a Dec. 8 runoff

The vote on Sunday was key in determining who will lead Kosovo as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe’s poorest countries is in question

US officials travel to Europe for talks on Ukraine

Heads of state, top government officials, CEOs and scientists from around 100 countries are participating in the two-day international summit

The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism, who turns 90 this year, fled Tibet in 1959 for India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, but has expressed a desire to return to Tibet before he dies