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Country’s security forces say they targeted a rebel group, eliminating eight militants but also killing an undisclosed number of civilians in ‘collateral damage’

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told attendees the health agency regrets the US decision and hopes Washington will reconsider

The decision by President Donald Trump to freeze most foreign aid has left Ukrainian entities that provide humanitarian aid and other services scrambling. Myroslava Gongadze has the story from Warsaw, with reporting from Anna Chernikova in Kyiv. VOA footage by Serhii Rozov and Vladyslav Smilianets.

Musk, the world's richest man, has been granted broad latitude by Trump to reduce the size of the federal government

Human Rights Watch is one of the groups welcoming the high court’s decision, which halts many criminal trials involving civilians in military courts

The recent outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the U.S. and the potential for it to mutate has raised concerns among the scientific community that it could result in human-to-human transmission and a new pandemic. Farmers are also concerned. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.

Former Spanish soccer chief accused of kissing World Cup star on TV and pressuring her to say it was consensual 

Rubio to issue broader waiver to lift US foreign aid pause, allow repatriation flights from Panama

In late January a Russian lawmaker made headlines by accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of using scare tactics to pressure his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, into peace talk with Ukraine. But the words the lawmaker attributed to Trump ended up being digitally altered.

Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced Monday to two years under house arrest with an electronic bracelet plus a two-year suspended sentence

Crews expected to begin the work of lifting the wreckage on Monday and at daybreak they could be seen aboard a vessel with a crane

The individuals in question took refuge in Pakistan after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, primarily seeking shelter from potential retribution due to their affiliations with the US and NATO forces

Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that 'South Africa is confiscating land' and "certain classes of people" were being treated 'very badly'

USAID staffers said they also tracked more than 600 employees who reported being locked out of the agency's computer systems overnight

The lower duties could help increase American exports to India but may not satisfy Trump, say analysts 

Since the start of the M23 rebels' offensive on Goma on Jan. 26, more than 700 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 have been wounded in the city and its vicinity, officials say

The budget cut will be discussed at the Feb. 3-11 Geneva meeting

The Vatican, shaken in recent decades by child sexual abuse scandals in countries across the world, invited a range of global leaders on Monday for a one-day conference to discuss children's rights