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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed General John Hyten to be the second-highest ranking U.S. military official, a day after he denied sexualчитати

In a rare and dramatic move, the United States has imposed sanctions against the top diplomat of a foreign country. “This is obviously a highlyчитати

Democratic presidential contenders struck off notes on the science of global warming and the state of the economy in their Detroit debate Tuesday night.  Asчитати

With its latest test Wednesday, North Korea has now launched seven ballistic missiles over the past three months, after having refrained from such launches forчитати

Christy Lee contributed to this report which originated on VOA’s Korean Service. The National Defense University, an institution funded by the U.S. Department of Defense,читати

Story updated on July 31, at 12:18 am. U.S. health care policies took center stage Tuesday night at the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, with moreчитати

A top human rights group is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of still separating migrant children from their parents despite last year’s court orderчитати

North Korea fired multiple projectiles from its east coast early Wednesday, according to South Korea’s military. The projectiles were launched from near North Korea’s Hodoчитати

The United Nations says more Afghan civilians were killed by government and NATO-led troops than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the firstчитати

U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, inчитати

A small Pakistani military plane crashed into a residential area near the garrison city of Rawalpindi before dawn Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, includingчитати

The U.N. human rights chief calls the murder of the leader of Brazil’s indigenous Wajapi tribe “reprehensible” and demands the Brazilian government respect the integrityчитати

Two U.S. service members have been killed in action in Afghanistan in what appears to be an insider attack. The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission saidчитати

Scientists warn the most effective drug used to treat malaria is becoming ineffective in parts of Southeast Asia — and unless rapid action is taken, itчитати

Australia passed a legislation that sets down maritime boundaries with East Timor on Monday, providing a framework for the two countries to split revenue fromчитати

Iranians sending images to a U.S.-based activist over an anti-headscarf campaign could face up to 10 years in prison.    The activist, Masih Alinejad, foundedчитати

U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators shift to Shanghai this week for their first in-person talks since a G20 truce last month, a change of sceneryчитати

At least five people were shot Sunday at an annual food festival in Northern California, a hospital spokeswoman says.  Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswomanчитати

The woman slated to replace Puerto Rico’s governor after he steps down next week said on Sunday she does not want the job. “I reiterate,читати

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra suggested Sunday cutting short his term in office for early elections to end what he called an institutional crisis. He saidчитати

Afghan authorities say a car-bomb-and-gun attack in Kabul has killed at least two people and injured 25 others. Officials and witnesses said several heavily armedчитати

Twenty-two year old Egan Bernal was set to make history Sunday, as the first Colombian to win the Tour de France—and the youngest cyclist toчитати

“Hostile” and “provocative” is how Iran labeled a proposal to form a European coalition to escort tankers through the Persian Gulf. “We heard that theyчитати

Two South Koreans and 15 Russians returned to South Korea Sunday, about 10 days after their boat drifted into North Korean waters, Seoul officials said.читати

Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lyingчитати

As Europe’s record-breaking heat wave drifts toward the Arctic, it threatens to accelerate the melting of ice in Greenland, which already started earlier than normalчитати

GUATEMALA CITY — A migration pact with the United States drew sharply mixed reactions in Guatemala on Saturday, as business groups welcomed it for helping avoidчитати

Amid the bombed-out wreckage of a site that once hosted dozens of Mosul’s traditional maqam players, Iraqi musician Saad Rajab Bacha plays his ney fluteчитати

When much of Venezuela was plunged into darkness after a massive blackout this week, President Nicolás Maduro blamed the power outage on an “electromagnetic attack”читати

Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities carry out a murder investigation in the killing of an Italian police officer. Aчитати

The upper deck of a nightclub collapsed on top of revelers in South Korea on Saturday, killing two people and injuring several foreign athletes competingчитати

Updated 6:14 a.m., July 27, 2019 HONG KONG — Police in riot gear fired tear gas Saturday at Hong Kong protesters marching through a town nearчитати

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with sweeping and potentially unpopular economic reforms, including a more business-friendlyчитати

A newlywed woman from Belarus who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by theчитати

This week #VOAOurVoices joins the international community in marking the World Day against Trafficking Persons. Yearly millions of vulnerable victims, mainly adult women, fall intoчитати

U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing the World Trade Organization to stop designating China and other countries as “developing” nations, a label that allows themчитати