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International success of Zambian footballers Barbra Banda and Racheal Kundananji is inspiring girls and young women in country to take up the sport

The magnitude 9 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, killed over 230,000 people in 15 countries. The Indonesian province of Aceh was especially hard hit. Twenty years on, VOA’s Ahadian Utama reports on the lessons learned from the historic disaster.

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The country’s interior ministry has established a special security team to deal with the growing number of cases of sexual and gender-based violence

Analysts also believe the India-China rapprochement will not affect India’s strategic cooperation with the United States.

Many students in the U.S. rely on financial aid to attend colleges and universities, but as Julia Barajas reports in LAist.com, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid could cause a dilemma for students with an undocumented parent.  If students fill out the application, they will share their parents’ financial information – and potentially raise questions about their immigration status -- with the federal government. If they don’t fill out the application, they won’t get federal...

Move would end a yearslong investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with minors and use of illicit drugs while the Florida Republican was in office

Mangione, 26, was shackled and seated in a Manhattan court when he leaned over to a microphone to enter his plea

In his first term as U.S. president, Donald Trump tightened economic sanctions against North Korea to try to force Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. VOA’s Young Gyo Kim looks at what Trump should expect from North Korea during his second term. Scott Stearns narrates.

The magic of Christmas is lighting up New York City, and nowhere is it more dazzling than in Dyker Heights, a neighborhood famous for its extravagant holiday displays. VOA's Aron Ranen takes us to this festive wonderland.

Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain told reporters in Dhaka that Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note to India's Foreign Ministry for Hasina's extradition

Analysts say lowering of tensions between India and China will not impact its growing ties with the US

"These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder," Biden said

Saudi suspect held on murder charges 

Month-old agreement halted intensified fighting 

Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a news briefing when asked about a Financial Times report that Sweden had criticized China for refusing full access despite an open investigation, and for not allowing its public prosecutor to board the suspect ship, Yi Peng 3.

Prime Minister Han has taken over from the suspended Yoon, who was impeached on Dec. 14 and faces a Constitutional Court review on whether to oust him.