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Since the Syrian civil war mostly ended in December, fighting has continued outside the city of Manbij, where car bombs have killed dozens. As VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Manbij, locals say their city will “never have rest.” (Videographer: Yan Boechat)

EC President Ursula von der Leyen's two-day visit from Thursday, accompanied by leaders of EU member nations, coincides with escalating geopolitical tensions

The kidnappers, like their teenaged target, were Chinese nationals

he Sudanese army had said several military personnel and civilians were killed, but did not provide further details

Finance ministers from many of the G20's biggest economies - the U.S., China, Japan, India and Canada - canceled their attendance at the event

PARIS — France's foreign minister said Wednesday that he wanted "all" European countries to cooperate and start cutting back visas available to nationals of countries that refuse to take back illegal migrants expelled by Paris. Jean-Noel Barrot spoke after an Algerian-born man went on a stabbing rampage in the eastern French city of Mulhouse at the weekend, killing one person and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an "Islamist terrorist act." The...

Chile's worst blackout in well over a decade struck on Tuesday afternoon, leaving millions without power

Russia says it shot down 130 Ukrainian drones

The passengers who died were adults on a study trip, police said

Framework plan would create joint fund to reinvest revenue from Ukraine’s resources

Venezuela celebrates the canonization of the so-called "Doctor of the Poor," Jose Gregorio Hernandez. He will be the first Venezuelan saint, and although the official ceremony does not yet have a date, parishioners filled churches in thanks and celebration. Adriana Nunez reports from Caracas. Click here for the full story in Spanish.

A long-waited Syrian National Dialogue Conference took place Monday at the People's Palace in Damascus, with approximately 550 attendees, as reported by Syrian media. Syrian Kurdish political parties criticized their exclusion from the event, while the organizing committee stated that invitations were extended to individuals rather than representatives of political parties or organizations. The Kurdish National Council in Syria called the conference "a humiliation" and violation "of the...

The Haitian National Police labor union, SPNH-17, protested in front of the prime minister's office in Port-au-Prince to demand better work conditions. The officers say they lack adequate equipment and other materials for their fight against armed gangs who control more than 85% of the capital. The union also demanded back pay for those who have worked for months without being paid.   Click here for the full story in Creole.

WASHINGTON — A sweeping crackdown led by authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar has dismantled scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border and freed thousands from nearly 30 countries, but helping them return home remains a big challenge, says the spokesperson for the Karen Border Guard Force, or BGF. Over a week ago, BGF, an ally of Myanmar's military junta, played a key role in evacuating more than 6,000 people from scam centers in Myanmar's Shwe Kokko fraud hub, near the border...

Antonio Guterres says a U.N. support mission could provide logistical support to the existing multinational force assisting Haiti’s police

The United States and Ukraine are reportedly close to signing an agreement giving American companies access to rare earth minerals inside Ukraine in exchange for security assistance and American investment in Ukraine. The increasing Israeli military presence in the West Bank. The White House wants to narrow the field of journalists who can cover the president. Friedrich Merz, who will likely be the next chancellor of Germany, has warned that the United States "does not care much" about the...

Iran imposes severe restrictions on women's ability to speak and assemble freely, alongside broader limitations on civic and political rights.