The lights were back on Friday for many of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state’s largest utility switched it off this week in…
more ...US Watching Northeastern Syria Quickly Turn Into Quaqmire
The United States is finding itself bogged down in northeastern Syria, caught in the middle of an increasingly dangerous fight between two key allies — Turkey and the Syrian Kurds…
more ...Appeals Court: US House Should Get Trump Financial Records
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s financial records must be turned over to the House of Representatives. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…
more ...Haiti Protesters March to Affluent Suburb to Await President’s Resignation
Arthur Jean Pierre contributed to this report in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters were in the streets of Haiti’s capital Friday, marching toward the affluent suburb of Petionville where they say…
more ...Iran: Oil Tanker Struck by Rockets off Saudi Arabia
Two rockets struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months…
more ...Trump Threatens Turkey with Consequences if Civilians Hurt in Offensive on Kurds
U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. mission of defeating Islamic State in Syria is accomplished and that he plans to keep Turkey in line through economy and not military…
more ...Amid Hong Kong Protests, Domestic Workers Stay Out of the Fray
Antigovernment protests and unrest in Hong Kong continues after nearly four months. Among those affected by the turmoil are about 400,000 foreign domestic workers, mostly women from Indonesia and the…
more ...Human Embryos Have 250-Million-Year-Old Vestiges
Evolutionary biologists know that humans have traces of DNA that go back millions of years, well before humans were human. But thanks to some amazing new high-resolution imagery, scientists can…
more ...Deforestation Threatens Brazil Forest, Golden Lion Tamarin That Lives There
As the effects of climate change continue to ravage the planet, one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems is in trouble. But locals are fighting back, planting trees to cover…
more ...Family Says Egyptian Pro-democracy Activist Beaten in Jail
The family of a leading Egyptian pro-democracy activist, who was arrested amid a recent clampdown following anti-government protests, said on Thursday that he was beaten, threatened and stripped to his…
more ...Trump Says Accidents Happen in Diplomat Wife Accident
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s planning to get involved in the case of an American diplomat’s wife who left the U.K. after she was involved in a fatal wrong-way…
more ...Former Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Claims Two-Thirds of Ghani Votes Fraudulent
Two-thirds of the votes cast for incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in last month’s presidential election were cast without proper biometric verification and fraudulent, a leading rival candidate, former warlord…
more ...For Californians, Waiting for the Power to Go Off to Avert Wildfires
Californians are playing a waiting game – waiting for the power to go out. The region’s power company is cutting off electricity to reduce the risk of forest wildfires. Residents…
more ...Polish Author Tokarczuk and Austria’s Handke Win Nobel Literature Prize
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria’s Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Literature Prize. The award was not given last year, so Handke won the 2019 prize for “an…
more ...Kremlin Labels Opposition-Led Foundation a ‘Foreign Agent’
Russian authorities say they intend to add an opposition-run anti-corruption foundation to a list of so-called “foreign agents” operating in the country — potentially curtailing the operations of one of…
more ...African Women in Tech Working to Close Digital Divide
Women from across Africa are meeting at the annual Women in Tech Africa Week, hoping to bring more women into the tech industry and combat inequalities in technology use and access,…
more ...Biden, for First Time, Calls for Trump to be Impeached
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has for the first time called for President Donald Trump to be impeached. “Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation, and…
more ...Calm Returns to Iraq, as US Condemns Violence
Calm prevailed in Iraq on Wednesday after a week of anti-government protests left more than 100 dead, prompting the United States to call on the country’s government to exercise “maximum…
more ...Thai Officials Try to Retrieve Bodies of 11 Elephants from Waterfall
Officials are working urgently to retrieve the bodies of 11 elephants that died after trying to save each other from a waterfall in a national park in central Thailand. Park…
more ...Study Finds High Incidences of Abuse of Mothers During Childbirth
More than one-third of new mothers in four poor countries are abused during childbirth, a study published Wednesday in the medical journal The Lancet. The study, carried out in Ghana,…
more ...Trump Honors Longtime Reagan Associate Edwin Meese
President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Edwin Meese, best known for serving as President Ronald Reagan’s attorney general. Meese, who received the…
more ...Thousands Missing in Nigeria After a Decade of Conflict
About five years ago, Abdulhamid Bala narrowly escaped a brutal attack after the armed Islamist group known as Boko Haram invaded the remote community of Gwoza where he lived with…
more ...White House Refusing to Participate in Impeachment Inquiry
The White House says it will not participate in what it calls the unconstitutional impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. White House lawyer Pat Cipollone sent an eight-page letter to…
more ...House Democrats Subpoena Pentagon, Prepare to Depose Sondland in Impeachment Inquiry
Three U.S. House of Representatives committees are set to question Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, on Tuesday to find out more about the interactions between President…
more ...Iraqi President Condemns Attacks on Protesters
Iraqi President Barham Salih has condemned attacks on anti-government protesters and media after a week of demonstrations and related clashes left more than 100 people dead and 6,000 wounded. He…
more ...Reports: Chinese Energy Giant Was Under US Pressure to Exit Iran Gas Project
This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. Published reports say a Chinese state energy company that appears to have pulled out of a natural gas project in Iran had been…
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