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The issue of gun violence has been dominating U.S. political debate in the wake of mass shootings last weekend in Texas and Ohio.  While membersчитати

Once considered Islamic State’s de facto capital, the Syrian city of Raqqa is slowly recovering, nearly two years after its liberation from the Islamic Stateчитати

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Ukraine’s Crimea region, calling a it a “gross violation” of the country’sчитати

The apparent suicide while in federal custody of well-connected U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein is being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department’s Office ofчитати

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir said that they eased restrictions Sunday in most parts of Srinagar, the main city, ahead of an Islamic festival following India’sчитати

Pilgrims on the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia threw stones Sunday at pillars representing the devil, a symbolic casting away of evil. More than 2читати

The Associated Press contributed to this report. The apparent suicide in federal custody of well-connected U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein is being investigated by the FBIчитати

U.S. President Donald Trump has said for weeks he has “no problem” with North Korea testing short-range missiles, insisting they are not a threat toчитати

Some material for this report came from RFE/RL.  Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined forces to oppose moves by the White House that critics fear couldчитати

HONOLULU — Hawaii experts say two native bird populations have declined by more than half and could face extinction if nothing is done to saveчитати

A cease-fire agreement has been reached to end fighting in the Libyan capital of Tripoli during the upcoming Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Libyan Nationalчитати

The U.N. refugee agency reports more than half-a-million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh have received identity documents that will give them better access to aid. читати

Indian officials say at least 42 people have been killed in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains.   Emergency officials say 100,000 people haveчитати

In the 4½ months since U.S.-backed forces declared victory over the Islamic State terror group’s last shred of territory in Syria, there has been aчитати

China’s central government has dismissed Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as clowns and criminals while bemoaning growing violence surrounding the monthslong demonstrations. That’s partly out ofчитати

U.S.-based nuclear experts said Friday they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during the testing of a nuclear-poweredчитати

Anjana Pasricha contributed to this report. India eased restrictions Friday in Kashmir to allow the Muslim-majority population to attend Friday prayers, but protests still brokeчитати

Updated: Aug. 9, 2019, 6:13 p.m. SEOUL — North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Saturday, South Korea’s militaryчитати

Afghanistan faces a presidential election next month but few believe the vote will take place as the United States and the Taliban inch closer toчитати

Police said a man carrying a rifle and wearing body armor entered a Walmart store in the Midwestern U.S. state of Missouri Thursday.  Springfield policeчитати

More than 2 million Muslims are in Saudi Arabia at Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, for the yearly Hajj pilgrimage. The Hajj is one of theчитати

Hundreds of immigrant workers detained in Mississippi were released Thursday, a day after federal agents arrested 680 undocumented migrants in raids on food-processing plants, the largestчитати

< div>VOA’s Afghanistan Service contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, the country’s intelligence agency, released a new video showing its specialчитати

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations said Thursday that they were freezing their spending on Twitter to protestчитати

The S&P 500 registered its largest one-day percentage gain in about two months Thursday, with technology shares providing the biggest boost as equities continued toчитати

On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach — not to mention the forests, plants and animals. A new Unitedчитати

The militiamen pointed out across the hills, a landscape of nothing but stone and brush in southern Yemen. Over there, invisible, were the closest positionsчитати

U.S. officials say the Trump administration’s top diplomat for Latin America has resigned amid internal disputes over immigration policy for the region. Two officials andчитати

The United States raised its travel warning for Hong Kong, urging travelers to exercise increased caution in the Chinese territory because of what it termedчитати

U.S. officials said that some 680 undocumented migrants were detained in raids Wednesday at food processing plants in the southeastern United States, part of Presidentчитати

GUATEMALA CITY — Conservative Alejandro Giammattei could prevail in Guatemala’s presidential runoff Sunday if misgivings about his opponent among urban voters outweigh her support in the Central American nation’s poor Mayanчитати

Papua New Guinea’s new leader has asked China to refinance its entire 27 billion kina ($7.8 billion) government debt and enter into free trading arrangementsчитати

A quarter of the world’s people are just a few dry spells away from facing dangerous water shortages, a U.S. think tank warned on Tuesday,читати

Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said it would offer a $13-per-month bundle of its three streaming services starting in November, a move to attract audiencesчитати

President Donald Trump this week declared China a currency manipulator after Beijing stopped purchasing U.S. agricultural products and allowed its yuan to weaken. VOA’s Arashчитати

North Korea launched a fresh round of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea early Tuesday and warned it could take a “new road” in responseчитати