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After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional banчитати

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Nigerian authorities to “investigate and hold accountable the police officers” who allegedly beat and threatened journalistчитати

A move to authorize a referendum over Missouri’s recently enacted ban on abortions after the eighth week of pregnancy hit a roadblock on Thursday whenчитати

When healthy international travelers visit a city with higher levels of particle pollution than at home, their heart and lung function quickly deteriorate, a small study suggests.  Travelersчитати

Thousands of people are marching through the streets of Jerusalem in the city’s annual gay pride parade, a festival that exposes deep divisions between Israel’sчитати

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran in an effort to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington, Japan’s government spokesman said Thursday. Chief Cabinetчитати

The accusations were explosive: For five years, the Chinese government had spied on communications at the African Union. Every night, data streamed from computers atчитати

A former nurse who liked to put patients into cardiac arrest because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them was convicted Thursdayчитати

U.S. refiners warned the Trump administration that tariffs on imports from Mexico could deliver a punishing blow to refiners and raise the cost of gasolineчитати

Lazaro Hernandez, who has made a good living showing U.S. cruise ship passengers around Havana in his pink 1950s Chevrolet, says the new U.S. banчитати

Ramadan Eid is offering a small window of joy for thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. Deprived of their homeland in Myanmar afterчитати

As ceremonies take place to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, thousands of military personnel and civilians have taken part in re-enactments of famous battlesчитати

Republicans and Democrats are banding together to try and stop the Trump administration’s sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of Newчитати

Hundreds more Central American migrants have crossed into Mexico from Guatemala, and a group of about 1,000 has started walking en mass to the north.читати

In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have suedчитати

Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of Thailand’s ruling military junta, is widely expected to be elected prime minister when the country’s new Parliament convenes for theчитати

A new Freedom House report says press freedom is deteriorating worldwide. VOA’s Ramon Taylor spoke to Sarah Repucci, the Senior Director for Research and Analysisчитати

This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. Katherine Ahn contributed from Washington. Iran has marked the 30th anniversary of the death of the leader ofчитати

U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 150 African immigrants attempting unauthorized crossings into Texas at the U.S. southern border within the past week,читати

Serge Michel in Miami, Renan Toussaint, Matiado Vilme in Port-au-Prince contributed to this report. WASHINGTON / MIAMI — When Naomy Grand’Pierre was a child, three of herчитати

The U.S. Treasury Department has tightened restrictions on travel to Cuba in retaliation to the country’s “destabilizing role” in the western hemispheric region. The agencyчитати

No more Nutella?! French workers are threatening as much, bringing the world’s biggest Nutella factory to a near-standstill in a showdown over salary negotiations. Tensionsчитати

On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party ordered tanks and soldiers to fire at its own people gathered at Tiananmen Square, which is locatedчитати

One hundred years ago, a supermajority in the U.S. Congress set aside concerns about social upheaval and gave its approval for a constitutional amendment toчитати

This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. Iran has taken new steps against two detained journalists who covered domestic labor unrest and government corruption, sendingчитати

California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a “significant” cancer risk. The rule, proposed a year ago byчитати

Hungarian police say they have found two more victims from last week’s collision between a tour boat and a cruise ship on the Danube River.читати

The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on June 10 on Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016читати

U.S. first lady Melania Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May’s husband, Philip, will throw a garden party in Downing Street on Tuesday for staff andчитати

In an outreach to India’s minority communities such as Muslims, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on newly-elected lawmakers to win their trust asчитати

Be assertive. Speak out. Lean in. The world of work continues to tell women what they have to do to succeed in a hyper competitiveчитати

Asian countries that pride themselves on neutral foreign policies face growing pressure to support either China or the United States in a sticky maritime sovereigntyчитати

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination,” but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehoodчитати

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated on Sunday the need for oil independence as his government said it would tender six construction contracts inчитати

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Sunday disclosed a new problem involving Boeing Co’s grounded 737 MAX, saying that more than 300 of thatчитати

The Trump administration remains focused on Iran and says it is ready for a dialogue with the country’s leadership. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports from Washington,читати