Australia’s defense minister on Sunday confirmed the end of his country’s involvement in the 20-year Afghanistan war, saying the troop withdrawal had taken place “in recent weeks.” Australia announced in April…
more ...California Wildfire Advances as Heat Wave Blankets US West
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and…
more ...Violence and Abuse Wreak Havoc in Central African Republic
A human rights lawyer appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council reported to the body Friday that the war-torn Central African Republic’s civilian population is being battered by both…
more ...Africa Update: Ethiopia, South Africa, Eswatini and Covid
On this Africa edition of Encounter, Judd Devermont, director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst for Africa and…
more ...At Least 8 Killed in Mogadishu in Suicide Bombing Targeting Government Convoy
A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters.The convoy was carrying…
more ...US-Afghanistan
Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb and VOA executive editor Steve Redisch about concerns over the rapid withdrawal of US forces from…
more ...US Civil Rights Leaders Vow to Keep Up Fight for Voting Rights
U.S. civil rights leaders emerged Thursday from a White House meeting with President Joe Biden vowing a “summer of activism” to battle new voting restrictions enacted in Republican-led states in…
more ...Haitians Appeal for Help to Find ‘Trained Killers’ Who Assassinated President Moise
Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, says “professional killers” speaking Spanish shot and killed Haitian President Jovenal Moise on Wednesday morning. He appealed to the international community for…
more ...No Relay: Banned Sprinter Richardson Left Off Olympic Team
Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track & Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test for marijuana will cost…
more ...Israel Attacks Gaza Over Incendiary Balloons; Palestinian Killed in West Bank
Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian man Saturday on the West Bank and later Israeli fighter jets attacked military targets in Gaza, the army and Palestinian sources said, in the latest…
more ...Ugandans Face 2 Months’ Imprisonment for Violating COVID Laws
Ugandans may find themselves in jail for two months if they are found breaking public health controls in a new COVID-19 law. Through July, acts such as praying in open…
more ...US Politics Update: Infrastructure
On this U.S. politics edition of Encounter, John Fortier, resident scholar at The American Enterprise Institute, and Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy at Third Way, discuss with host…
more ...US Capitol Attack Probe Committee
Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House bureau chief Steve Herman and columnist for Newsday, Dan Raviv about the latest top stories of the week…
more ...Ethiopia Denies Trying to ‘Suffocate’ Tigray
Ethiopia’s government rejected accusations Friday that it’s trying to “suffocate” the people of Tigray by denying them urgently needed food and other aid, as transport and communications links remained severed…
more ...Myanmar Violence Escalates With Rise of ‘Self-defense’ Groups, Report Says
Violence in post-coup Myanmar has escalated as anti-junta “self-defense” forces step up to take on the military, according to a new report warning of “enormous” human cost if the regime…
more ...Reparations Debate
As the United States grapples with the legacy of slavery and centuries of racial discrimination, host Carol Castiel talks with Jennifer Oast, professor and chair of the Department of History…
more ...Democrats Look Ahead After Voting Bill Setback
Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and senior correspondent for Marketplace Nancy Marshall-Genzer about Democrats’ vow to move forward on proposed legislation…
more ...150 Death-row Inmates Start Hunger Strike in Sri Lanka
About 150 death-row inmates in Sri Lanka began a hunger strike to demand their sentences be commuted, prison officials said, after the nation’s president pardoned a former lawmaker who had…
more ...Fossil Find Adds to Evidence of Dinosaurs Living in Arctic Year-round
Fossils from tiny baby dinosaurs discovered in northernmost Alaska offer strong evidence that the prehistoric creatures lived year-round in the Arctic and were likely warm-blooded, according to a study published…
more ...Drive On Water With This Car-Designed Speed-Boat
While tourists usually enjoy beautiful sandy beaches and clear waters along the Northern Coast of Egypt, they are set for an additional attraction this year with the launch of the…
more ...US Seeks to Extradite Turkish Businessman Over Fraud Charges
The United States will seek to extradite a Turkish businessman from Austria so he can appear before a U.S. judge in Utah, where he is facing charges of conspiring to commit money laundering and wire…
more ...New Yorkers to Head to Polls Tuesday for Mayoral Primary
New York City is preparing for primary elections Tuesday, with residents voting to replace term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been in power since 2014. Also on the ballot will…
more ...COVID-19 Slashes Immigration into Australia
New figures show that migration to Australia plummeted last year to the lowest level in more than 100 years.Modern Australia has been built on immigration. Thirty percent of the population was born overseas. Migrants from…
more ...US Envoy Offers to Meet North Korea ‘Anywhere Anytime’
The U.S. special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang “anywhere, anytime, without preconditions,” with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and the nuclear-armed nation. Sung Kim’s…
more ...Brazil Records More Than 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Brazil has become the second country, behind the United States, to record more than a half-million COVID-19 deaths, a Health Ministry official said Saturday.”500,000 lives lost due to the pandemic…
more ...Biden Abroad: G7, NATO, Putin Summits
Ian Lesser, Vice President at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and director of GMF Brussels office, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security…
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