Headlines
  • A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
  • The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
  • A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
  • Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
  • The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
  • After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.

Month: April 2021

April 8, 2021

US Capitol Security Concerns Mount After...

Security at the US Capitol is once again under consideration after the second deadly attack on US Capitol Police in less than three months. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports on the tough decisions before US officials as they try to keep the seat of US democracy open to the public

Hit with Second Wave, India Becomes...

India has been recording the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the world as it grapples with a second wave of the pandemic. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the impact of the massive surge of the virus

Fearing Vandalism, North Korea Surrounds Kim...

North Korea has set up high-voltage electric fences around an important national landmark in a city near the Chinese border, a precaution authorities say is to defend it from would-be vandals opposed to the regime, sources in the country told RFA

Commemoration of International Day of Reflection...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

April 7, 2021

Activist And Wartime Rape Survivor Elected...

Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, a newly elected member of Kosovo’s parliament, has broken taboos in the country by speaking about her experience as a survivor of rape during the 1998-99 war

Mosul Street Children

A special Story on Mosul street children who collect garbage for living

April 5, 2021

Myanmar Exiles Are Seeking Refuge in...

Hundreds of civilians in Myanmar — including activists, members of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and villagers in the ethnic areas being bombed by the army — have gone into hiding

Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery in New York – one of the oldest and largest American cemeteries – now has its own artist-in-resident

April 4, 2021

Anti Asian Crime Increases in America

Asians are a diverse group in the U.S. but they all share a similar response to possible hate crimes

Lebanon’s Christians Find Little to Celebrate...

Percentage wise, Lebanon is home to the largest Christian population in the Middle East. As the country struggles in the face of multiple deep crises with no sign of respite, Easter this year offers little to celebrate

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