This article originated in FILE – Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, attends a news conference in London, June 28, 2019. On Friday heчитати
VOA’s Dzeilana Pecanin and Ivana Kostantinovic contributed to this report. Almost immediately after Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria’s Peter Handke were awarded the Nobel Literatureчитати
Weeklong protests that have shaken Ecuador and driven its government from the capital threaten to aggravate wider regional tensions, with President Lenin Moreno accusing Venezuelaчитати
The Trump administration is suspending a tariff hike on $250 billion in Chinese imports that was set to take effect Tuesday, and China agreed toчитати
An international panel of air safety regulators Friday harshly criticized the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) review of a safety system on Boeing Co’s 737читати
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country’s long-running borderчитати
President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, said Thursday he plans to reduce the size of the National Security Council by about aчитати
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani’s requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed throughчитати
Even as the winds gusted dangerously just as forecasters predicted, California’s biggest utility faced gripes and second-guessing Thursday for shutting off electricity to millions ofчитати
Under pressure from China, Apple has removed a smartphone app that enabled Hong Kong protesters to track police. It has cut off access in mainlandчитати
All media events such as news conferences have been canceled inside the arena hosting Thursday’s NBA preseason game in China between the Los Angeles Lakersчитати
Turkish ground forces pressed their advance against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling onчитати
VOA’s Victoria Macchi contributed to this report. The Trump administration is touting a drop in enforcement actions along the U.S.-Mexico border for a fourth straightчитати
California power company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) cut power Wednesday to millions of Californians due to high winds that could down power lines sparkingчитати
The price of electricity jumped an alarming 320% in Zimbabwe on Wednesday as the country continues to spiral into the worst economic crisis in moreчитати
Ukraine’s president appears to be playing to both sides of the American political divide, hedging his bets to ensure U.S. financial and military aid keepsчитати
The European Union warned Wednesday that next-generation telecommunication networks face a range of cyber threats, including from hostile countries. While steering clear of singlingчитати
When 40-year-old Svetlana Prokopyeva penned her column about an October 2018 suicide bombing by a 17-year-old student at the Federal Security Service (FSB) offices inчитати
A groundbreaking new device is helping those who are blind see in a new way by helping them perceive the world around them. Jason Esterhuizenчитати
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned deadly violence during protests in Iraq and called on the country’s government to “exercise maximum restraint,” theчитати
A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday awarded $8 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries over a drug the companiesчитати
Dogs can perform many tricks for their owners, but the best one might be extending their life. “Our analysis found having a dog is actuallyчитати
The U.N. Secretary-General warned Tuesday that the organization is facing its “deepest deficit of the decade” and might not be able to pay all itsчитати
The new head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the world economy is in the grips of a “synchronized global slowdown” thatчитати
The Sengwer, an indigenous hunter-gatherer community in western Kenya, presented a petition Monday morning to the government in Nairobi demanding the return and protection ofчитати
It was by Vladimir Putin’s swashbuckling standards all rather low-key. There was no riding horses bare-chested or allegedly saving a television crew by shooting aчитати
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 gasчитати
The leading candidate to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister attacked him Wednesday during the second debate of the campaign, calling him a phonyчитати
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his pre-birthday weekend hiking the mountains of southern Siberia with his defense minister. Putin, who turned 67 on Monday, canчитати
This article originated in Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani walks toward the podium before addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25,читати
The World Health Organization confirmed 20 new cases of Ebola ion the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, along with an additional 12 deaths. However,читати
The rhetoric is heating up in Washington as the House of Representatives pursues its impeachment inquiry targeting U.S. President Donald Trump. A second whistleblower fromчитати
A total of 110 million toilets constructed for 600 million people in 60 months. Citing these figures, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced October 2 thatчитати
Film star Cate Blanchett will back a global campaign on Monday to end the plight of an estimated 10 million people with no nationality amidчитати
Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting aчитати
Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth dissolved parliament on Sunday and said the Indian Ocean island would hold a general election on November 7. Theчитати