Headlines
  • Hezbollah claims that on Monday, fighters attacked Israeli forces three times within Lebanese territory.
  • Four people, including a woman, have been killed by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon.
  • Cole Allen, who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, is accused of trying to kill President Trump. He appeared in federal court for the first time on Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea.
  • Iran's ambassador to the UN stated on Monday that before it can guarantee security in the oil-rich Gulf, it needs assurances against another attack by the United States and Israel.
  • US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are met at the White House by King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Year: 2020

May 31, 2020

Turkey Opens Mosques for Friday Prayers...

Turkey joins other countries in relaxing its strict lockdown measure because of the coronavirus pandemic by letting people go to mosques across the country to perform Friday prayers. Although this lifting of restrictions did not allow people older than 65 to participate in the Friday prayers, many of them nonetheless were seen at mosques

NAACP President Speaks on Death of...

VOA’s International Edition’s Steve Miller had the opportunity to chat over Skype with Derrick Johnson, the President and CEO of the NAACP

May 30, 2020

The Work of Life

Meet frontline health workers who go back on the job even after they survive COVID-19

COVID-19: Good News

Avi Schiffmann is just 17-years-old, but already he has built one of the most popular coronavirus-tracking websites in the world. The site gets more than 30 million visits a day. Many consider Schiffman a genius. He’s been offered high-paying jobs and contracts. He’s the winner of 2020 Webby Award for Person of the Year. But even with all that, the teen says he wants to keep focusing on what he thinks is most important. Anush Avetisyan has the story..Internet Sensation Falcon Chicks

AU, UN Officials Voice Outrage at...

In the statement, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, “strongly condemns” police conduct in the Floyd case and extended his “deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Taiwan President Visits Hong Kong Bookseller’s...

Tsai’s visit came as Taiwanese lawmakers issued a cross-party joint statement criticizing Beijing’s plan to impose a draconian sedition and subversion law on Hong Kong, bypassing the city’s Legislative Council (LegCo)

Video Report Digest

A group of NGOs has launched a website providing the public with information on a controversial mass-surveillance system that is currently being installed in Belgrade.Activists were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg on May 29 after protesting against a 15-day jail sentence handed down to prominent Russian journalist Ilya Azar. He was arrested for holding a one-person protest in support of activist Vladimir Vorontsov

Contact Tracing Limits COVID 19 Cases...

Like the rest of the country, India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh is battling the coronavirus pandemic but it has kept the number of cases relatively low with the help of extensive contact tracing and a network of community health workers. The state is also working to address the social stigma that is becoming associated with the infection in India

May 29, 2020

COVID-19: Love for Animals

Istanbul, like all of Turkey’s main cities, has a witnessed a series of lockdowns , as the government seeks to suppress COVID 19. The shutdown is not only difficult for the Istanbul’s inhabitants but also for the large populations of street dogs and cats that have been an integral part of the city for centuries. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, help is at hand~VOA NEWS

Zero Deaths from Covid-19, But a...

Laos has achieved a number of ambitious development goals thanks to the market liberalization reform plan (the “Chintanakhan Mai”) introduced in 1986. Poverty levels have halved from 46.0% in 1993 to 23.3%. 2013 and GDP growth has averaged 7.8% over the past decade, with marked improvements in education and health. In 2018 the results of this growth,

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