The second set of 10 Democrats took the stage Thursday night for the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 U.S. election cycle in the race to try to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House. On stage were Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.), former Vice President Joe Biden, …
At least sixteen people were facing the death penalty in a trial that started Thursday over the gruesome death of a young Bangladeshi woman that sparked protests and government promises of tough action. Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was set on fire in April after allegedly refusing to withdraw claims of …
At least sixteen people were facing the death penalty in a trial that started Thursday over the gruesome death of a young Bangladeshi woman that sparked protests and government promises of tough action. Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was set on fire in April after allegedly refusing to withdraw claims of …
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has begun a two-day official visit to Pakistan to pursue what aides say would be the normalization of the relationship between the two uneasy neighboring countries. The Afghan leader held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan shortly after arriving in Islamabad at the head of …
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has begun a two-day official visit to Pakistan to pursue what aides say would be the normalization of the relationship between the two uneasy neighboring countries. The Afghan leader held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan shortly after arriving in Islamabad at the head of …
Fifty years ago today (June 27, 1969), police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. The violent protests that followed galvanized the gay rights movement in America. A half-century later, society’s attitudes toward the LGBTQ community has evolved, as highlighted in a groundbreaking exhibit at …
Fifty years ago today (June 27, 1969), police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. The violent protests that followed galvanized the gay rights movement in America. A half-century later, society’s attitudes toward the LGBTQ community has evolved, as highlighted in a groundbreaking exhibit at …
Steve Herman contributed to the report. WASHINGTON — Ten U.S. Democratic presidential contenders held a spirited debate Wednesday night in the first major event of the 2020 election campaign, all looking to oust Republican President Donald Trump after a single term in the White House. The immediate focus was on …
Steve Herman contributed to the report. WASHINGTON — Ten U.S. Democratic presidential contenders held a spirited debate Wednesday night in the first major event of the 2020 election campaign, all looking to oust Republican President Donald Trump after a single term in the White House. The immediate focus was on …
A new rehabilitation center on the Kenyan coast is working to help heroin addicts quit drugs and turn their lives around. The new facility, run by the Kenya Red Cross, opened six months ago in the remote village of Lamu. As Ruud Elmendorp reports from Lamu, the center is renewing …
A new rehabilitation center on the Kenyan coast is working to help heroin addicts quit drugs and turn their lives around. The new facility, run by the Kenya Red Cross, opened six months ago in the remote village of Lamu. As Ruud Elmendorp reports from Lamu, the center is renewing …
VOA’s Capitol Hill correspondent Michael Bowman and VOA Persian’s Afshar Sigarchi contributed to this report. Top U.S. and Iranian officials are continuing to fire verbal warning shots at each other while insisting they want to avoid war. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the United States the …
VOA’s Capitol Hill correspondent Michael Bowman and VOA Persian’s Afshar Sigarchi contributed to this report. Top U.S. and Iranian officials are continuing to fire verbal warning shots at each other while insisting they want to avoid war. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the United States the …
U.S. officials are finalizing plans for President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea later this week. But White House officials are shrugging off speculation that Trump will hold another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. From Seoul, VOA’s Bill Gallo reports even if another Trump-Kim meeting were to …
President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump says the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a telephone interview that it was “purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems.” His …
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said Tuesday an economic plan to promote prosperity for the Palestinians must be approved by them as a necessary precondition for peace. Speaking at Tuesday’s opening of an economic workshop in Bahrain to jumpstart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, Kushner also …
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said Tuesday an economic plan to promote prosperity for the Palestinians must be approved by them as a necessary precondition for peace. Speaking at Tuesday’s opening of an economic workshop in Bahrain to jumpstart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, Kushner also …
The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, John Sanders, is resigning and will leave his post on July 5, the agency said on Tuesday. Sanders’s departure coincides with an outcry over the treatment of detained migrant children. Attorneys said 250 children had been held for weeks …
The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, John Sanders, is resigning and will leave his post on July 5, the agency said on Tuesday. Sanders’s departure coincides with an outcry over the treatment of detained migrant children. Attorneys said 250 children had been held for weeks …
A sizable number of U.S. voters say they’d have some hesitancy about supporting an LGBT candidate for president, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In fact it’s an issue for many more than a candidate’s race or gender. In the poll, 32% …
A sizable number of U.S. voters say they’d have some hesitancy about supporting an LGBT candidate for president, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In fact it’s an issue for many more than a candidate’s race or gender. In the poll, 32% …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for Mideast peace has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for Mideast peace has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians …
Sudan’s military rulers refused to agree on Monday to the Ethiopian proposal for a power-sharing agreement with the country’s pro-democracy movement, a top general said, in comments that could worsen a volatile standoff with the protesters. Ethiopia has led diplomatic efforts to bring the military and protest leaders back to …
Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Georgia’s capital for the fifth consecutive day Monday, calling for government reform, a snap election and the resignation of the nation’s interior minister. On Monday, the leader of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party announced “large-scale political reform.” “We will have a parliament where all the …
VOA’s national security correspondent Jeff Seldin contributed to this report. The United States is set to introduce new sanctions against Iran on Monday, seeking to put additional pressure on the country’s economy in order to extract changes in behavior from its government. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the new …