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The US president make an in-person push for transatlantic unity and scoops up Germany’s highest civilian honor 

Both candidates campaign in Michigan, state with largest percentage of Arab Americans in US 

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to expand an arms embargo on Haiti as the impoverished Caribbean nation struggles to wrest control from powerful gangs.  All 15 members voted for the resolution, which calls for U.N. member states to block shipments of "arms and related materiel of all types" from entering Haiti.    A previous embargo targeted only small arms and ammunition.  The resolution, drafted by Ecuador and the United States, also includes a...

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea has sent 1,500 special forces troops to Russia for training and likely deployment for combat in the war in Ukraine. The allegation comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed 10,000 North Korean soldiers could join the war, based on intelligence information. The U.S. expresses concern. We talk with VOA National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin and Naoko Aoki, a political scientist at RAND.

About 33,000 of Boeing's unionized West Coast workers have been on strike since September 13, demanding higher wages, restoration of defined benefit pension

President has tasked Saab with promoting Venezuela's industrial system under new economic model

A growing number of Muslim Americans are running in local, state and federal elections

Once a major feeder of the shrinking Aral Sea, the Amu Darya now is entirely diverted for human use

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea has sent 1,500 special forces troops to Russia for training and likely deployment for combat in the war in Ukraine. The allegation comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed 10,000 North Korean soldiers could join the war, based on intelligence information. The U.S. expresses concern. We talk with Naoko Aoki, a political scientist at RAND who specializes in East Asian security issues.

It appears to be the biggest flooding in the region in 40 years

Vietnam wants foreign media to tell its story, but reporters and analysts say a dire record on censorship makes that tough

UN’s Guterres says attacks on them breach international humanitarian law

Ukrainian police search dozens of locations, including at least five media outlets, after emails threaten a terror attack

Government implements emergency measures Friday to slash demand

Russia, China have obstructed efforts to enforce UN Security Council resolutions

Abraham Kithure Kindiki had been approved by the National Assembly

Independent radio station plans to appeal the decision as Turkey pulls its license over an Armenian genocide comment