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Washington seeks to prevent jihadist group from taking advantage of the fall of Assad’s government

Alexander Smirnov said in June 2020 that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and his son Hunter Biden $5 million each around 2015

It’s a marketing tradition that dates back more than a century. Each year, New York City’s most famous retailers unveil their opulent holiday window displays. VOA’s Dora Mekouar explores why the old-fashioned marketing device is still relevant in the modern world.

Chrystia Freeland, who was also deputy prime minister, said Trudeau had told her Friday that he no longer wanted her to serve as finance minister

A child caused the attack, authorities said

Families are returning from tents in the countryside and life abroad as refugees

Scholz leads a minority government after his unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party coalition collapsed on Nov. 6

Israel's war on Hezbollah and regime change in Syria throw country back into chaos and uncertainty heading into 2025

Pakistan has reported a significant surge in poliovirus infections in 2024, confirming 63 cases so far, compared to only six cases in 2023  

John Mahama shares his plans to boost employment, improve schools and encourage small-scale mining in VOA exclusive interview

An undercover narcotics investigation at Rutgers University in New Jersey led to the arrest of seven people, NBC News reported.  Investigators say they found large amounts of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall and Xanax. The drugs were offered on a menu circulated on a private social network of individuals affiliated with school, authorities said. (December 2024) 

On the U.S. West Coast, conservationists for the world's largest dam-removal project are both celebrating initial successes and encountering short-term obstacles. VOA's Matt Dibble has our story from the Klamath River on the border between California and Oregon.

In the Pacific Northwest, the world’s largest river restoration project has removed hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River to help migrating salmon. The project emptied a lake beloved to its surrounding community. VOA's Matt Dibble went to the former Copco Lake to see how residents are adjusting.

U.S. farmers hope President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture will understand their concerns while guiding trade policy and farm legislation. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more from Chicago.

Washington has long been Taipei's most important ally and biggest arms supplier, angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory

Both rivals India and China have vied for influence in the island country that sits strategically along shipping routes in the Indian Ocean

‘Direct DPRK support for Russia's war of aggression’ carries serious consequences for European and Indo-Pacific security, a statement issued by 10 countries and the EU says

Francois Bayrou, the country’s fourth prime minister this year, faces an agenda packed with political divisions, fiscal woes and cyclone devastation