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Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world's largest religious gathering. Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims with gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — where they will take part in elaborate rituals, hoping to begin a journey to achieve Hindu philosophy's...

The duties, on products with a width of more than 600 mm, range from 2.52% to 36.80% and were effective from Jan. 11

It marks the first time in seven years that a Japanese foreign minister will visit South Korea for a bilateral meeting with their South Korean counterpart

Diplomacy in the Middle East on two fronts: With less than two weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office, his aides are working with President-elect Donald Trump’s team in a last-ditch push for a ceasefire in Gaza. And foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries met with Syria's new foreign minister in Riyadh. Has the death toll in Gaza been under-estimated? Los Angeles continues to burn. American voters have differing expectations for the next...

In a major diplomatic breakthrough, Somalia says the obstacles to Ethiopia's participation in the African Union mission were overcome

Local media and residents identified the woman as Eva Gretzmacher and said she is an aid worker who has lived in Agadez for more than 20 years

Nine people died in the city of Ipatinga, where 8 centimeters of rain fell in the space of one hour on Saturday night, the mayor's office said

President-elect Donald Trump pledges to reduce government spending when he takes office. He has tasked billionaire businessman Elon Musk and tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, a proposed presidential advisory commission. It's not a new concept.

The surprising move comes just weeks after the team received approval for the contentious project from the city council

Protesters, many of them farmers and workers, carry placards against the economic policies of President Luis Arce; the country is due to hold presidential elections in August

The annual event has no deep meaning other than injecting a little levity into the bleak midwinter

Wildfires in the Los Angeles, California, area are raging and weather conditions aren’t helping matters, with winds picking back up. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the story.

Ukraine reportedly captured two North Koreans in Russia's Kursk region, the first time it announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into Russia's war against Ukraine last fall

Among facilities destroyed was the Eaton Canyon Nature Area which had hosted field trips, homeschoolers and preschools

Fires burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere

Experts and rights advocates are reacting to the United States’ determination on Jan. 7 that genocide is being committed by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces and its allies. Henry Wilkins has more.

Protest was organized and led by students from Belgrade state university who are demanding that those responsible for the roof collapse are brought to justice

Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Jordan — The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Parolin’s three-day visit to Jordan coincides with a new exhibition of 90 Jordanian artifacts of the nation's history at the start of Christianity, to be debuted at the Vatican in February.  Representing Pope...