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Kim Dong-hyun and Han Sang-mi contributed to this report, which originated with VOA’s Korean Service. WASHINGTON — Seoul’s decision to end a military intelligence pact withчитати

Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a stronghold of Islamic State’s Khursan branch, was hit with more than a dozen bomb blasts recently, wounding more than 120читати

A wildfire burning north of Anchorage has destroyed 51 homes and three businesses, officials said Friday. Another 84 buildings between the communities of Willow andчитати

Nigerian activist Ayuba Gufwan made sure his five children received polio vaccinations soon after they were born.     “I was determined to make sure none of my kidsчитати

Fires have been breaking out at an unusual pace in Brazil this year, causing global alarm over deforestation in the Amazon region. The world’s largestчитати

< div>Among the more than 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls, the scramble is on to qualify for the next candidates’ debate in September. The debate isчитати

A team of Cameroonian entrepreneurs has created a mobile application that helps the farmers detect crop disease.  The app also proposes treatments and offers preventionчитати

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael Reif said Thursday that the elite university would review its process for accepting donations after taking about $800,000 fromчитати

North Korea warned the United States Friday it is “ready for dialogue or confrontation,” stressing it can be “America’s biggest threat” for a long timeчитати

Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri’s top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation’sчитати

As global leaders gather on two continents to take account of a darkening economic outlook, this is the picture they face: Factories are slumping, manyчитати

Kosovo lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament Friday, paving the way for a parliamentary election after Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned last month. A total ofчитати

A Spanish navy frigate sailed from Cadiz Wednesday to escort the humanitarian vessel Open Arms back from Italy with a token number of 10 refugeesчитати

Seven environmental and animal rights groups are suing the Trump administration for its regulations that would make drastic changes to the implementation of the Endangeredчитати

India’s recent decision to revoke the special status of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim-majority state, has some experts concerned that the action could raiseчитати

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty has raised new threats toчитати

JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday steered clear of Donald Trump’s comments questioning the loyalty of American Jews who support the Democratic Party, inчитати

Thirty-some years ago, polio used to cripple hundreds of thousands of children a year. So far this year, about 60 children have gotten polio. Theчитати

India has slightly eased its communications blockade in Kashmir but conditions in the contested region are still not normal some two weeks after the Indianчитати

Gen. David Berger, the new U.S. Marines commandant, acknowledged Wednesday that he is concerned about deteriorating relations between Japan and South Korea, both key regionalчитати

Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday that if he wins the October election he would join Mexico and Uruguay in promoting dialogue withчитати

The United States will get a step closer to establishing a space force next week.  Vice President Mike Pence and Pentagon officials told the Nationalчитати

Russia told an agency that verifies a ban on nuclear tests that a military test accident in the country’s north this month was none ofчитати

Growing up with albinism, 24-year-old Allan Herbert, a Kenyan journalism graduate, knew he was different. While he did not experience the same stigmatism and discriminationчитати

Britain’s Foreign Office says it is “extremely concerned” by reports that an employee at its Hong Kong consulate has been detained in mainland China.  читати

Polish opposition parties have joined forces to try to win a majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, in parliamentary elections on Oct.читати

Accusing India of waging “fifth-generation warfare,” Pakistan said on Monday New Delhi had failed to inform it about the release of water from a dam thatчитати

Turkish authorities have expelled the mayors of the three main cities in the predominantly Kurdish southeast, provoking protests and political condemnation. Their expulsion comes asчитати

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged China on Monday to “act in a humanitarian manner” to resolve differences with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Penceчитати

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the “Pan-European Picnic,” an event on the border ofчитати

Italy’s ruling League party would seek tax cuts in the 2020 budget by rising the country’s deficit a little bit, its economics spokesman said onчитати

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has spoken with Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of U.S. tariffs onчитати

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would likely wait until after Israel’s Sept. 17 elections to release a peace plan for the regionчитати

Almost a year and a half ago, President Donald Trump famously tweeted that ‘trade wars are good and easy to win.’  But shortly after heчитати

Thousands of people were left homeless when a fire raged through a slum in Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. “According to our investigation committee 1,200 shantiesчитати

Protesters rallied in Hong Kong again on Sunday, as anti-government demonstrations, now in their 11th week, continue.  Mike O’Sullivan reports that the protests were firstчитати