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The US Announced One Day After The Assassination Of Haitian President Jovenel Moise That It Will React To Pleas For Assistance In The Investigation. Experts Say The United States Should Resist The Urge To Act Militarily In Haiti, As It Did In Previous Times Of Unrest
In The Rojava Region Of Northern Syria, There Is A Women-Only Village Where Widowed Families Dwell. Village Leaders Are Now Accepting Victims Of Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault Due To An Upsurge In Domestic Violence In The Area
Residents In Northern Afghanistan’s Balkh Province, Which Borders Uzbekistan, Told VOA That The Taliban Have Put Tough New Restrictions On Locals Since Seizing Power. Journalist Gul Rahim Niazman Is Reporting From The Province’s Balkh District
Hundreds Of Women And Girls In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Have Claimed Being Raped By Troops In A War That Continues Despite The Government’s Troop Withdrawal Last Week
VOA Was Permitted Inside The Perimeter Of A US Military Facility In Northeastern Syria To See How American And Local Kurdish Forces Are Attempting To Prevent The Islamic State Terrorist Group From Resurrecting. From Rumeilan, Syria, Sirwan Kajjo Brought You This Special Report
Conservationists In Zimbabwe Are Attempting To Raise Awareness About A Chinese Coal Mining Operation That Is Taking Place In The Same District As The Country’s Largest National Park. Locals And Wildlife Will Be Harmed, According To Critics, Who Are Pushing Authorities To Shift Away From Coal Extraction And Toward Renewable Energy Sources
To Deal With The Increased Number Of COVID-19 Cases With The Delta Variant In California, Public Health Officials In Los Angeles County Have Advised Wearing Masks In Indoor Public Settings
Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, Met With His Russian Counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, In Moscow On Friday To Discuss Bilateral Security Cooperation
Many Syrian Families That Return Home Two Years After The Islamic State Was Defeated Face Severe Economic And Social Difficulties
A Proposed Law Intends To Ban South Africans From Obtaining Self-Defense Handgun Licences. While Gun Critics Believe That Restricting Gun Access Has Reduced The Death Toll, Gun Supporters Warn That Getting Firearms Out Of The Hands Of Some People, Particularly Women, Will Exacerbate What South Africa’s President Has Dubbed A “Second Pandemic” Of Gender-Based Violence