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The U.N. estimates that the world produces over 430 million metric tons of plastic waste every year globally, with the largest source being single-use packaging. VOA's Valdya Baraputri reports on a movement to cut down on such waste.

At least two people were killed and over 4,000 rendered homeless by sudden outbreak of a massive fire in Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong

Gene Spector, formerly an executive at medical equipment company in Russia, was previously sentenced to more than three years in prison in September 2022 for enabling bribes to an aide of former deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich

As the world awaits United States President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month, Taiwan is caught between growing Chinese aggression and uncertainties surrounding U.S.-Taiwan relations. VOA’s William Yang reports from Taipei. (Videographer: Katie Tam; Video edited by ELee)

Taliban officials report that at least 46 people were killed in Barmal, a remote mountainous district of Paktika, because of overnight aerial bombing that allegedly was conducted by Pakistan

The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya's first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan's foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country's largest trading partner

Emergency session of parliament was called evening to discuss 'degradation of a legal system' in relation to ongoing trial of the region's president Milorad Dodik at Bosnia's state court

Israel’s military said it intercepted the missile before it crossed into Israeli territory.

Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising. Bloodied and bruised passengers could be seen stumbling from a piece of the fuselage that had remained intact.

Since Hasina’s exit, who was New Delhi’s close ally during her 15-year rule of neighboring Bangladesh, India has been trying to build ties with the new administration that has requested her return to “face a judicial process.”

Under "Decree 147," all tech giants operating in Vietnam are required to verify users' accounts via their phone numbers or Vietnamese identification numbers, and store that information alongside their full name and date of birth.

On Tuesday, the Labor Prosecutor’s Office released videos of the dorms where the construction workers were staying, which showed beds with no mattresses and rooms without any places for the workers to store their personal belongings.

Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said on Telegram there was a series of explosions in the city.

China will vigorously promote the reform of the commercial housing sales system, and expand the scope of urban village renovation beyond the addition of one million units, the report said.

Christians in Israel celebrate a more somber and subdued Christmas this year. Ukrainians mark Christmas as well with prayers for peace, and the Vatican was filled with excitement on Christmas Eve as the faithful gathered to witness Pope Francis inaugurate the Holy Year by unlocking the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. Syrian refugees in Europe are worried about their future following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The incoming Trump administration inherits efforts by the U.S. space agency,...

The case of the children, aged 11 to 15, who went missing on December 8, has shaken the people of Ecuador