Headlines
  • Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, defeated by left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil.
  • Asserting that "there will not be an attack today," US President Donald Trump has ruled out taking immediate military action against Iran.
  • Iran says that Washington must now "take the necessary actions to extricate" itself from the "quagmire" that the US has entered as a result of its miscalculations in starting the conflict.
  • Over the past six months, US forces have assisted over 3,000 commercial vessels in crossing the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
  • On Sunday, Qatari mediators visited Tehran in an attempt to ease tensions in the area.
  • Israeli forces have raided Hebron, locked down the whole occupied West Bank, and killed at least eight Palestinians in Gaza.

Category: Video Report

December 30, 2020

New COVID App Helps Manage Crowds...

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, businesses, houses of worship and homeless shelters are turning to space management apps to create safer indoor spaces in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines

Shona Celebrate Kenyan Citizenship as Decades...

Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless

December 29, 2020

What The Past Can Teach Us...

Historian Selika Ducksworth-Lawton reflects on similarities between the past and the year 2020 in the U.S., and what this year has taught people

Thailand’s 2020 Marked by COVID Pandemic,...

Thailand contended with a multi-pronged crisis in 2020 – the COVID pandemic, an economy flatlined by it, and a youth-led pro-democracy movement demanding widespread reform to Thai society and its once untouchable monarchy.  Vijitra Duangdee reports for VOA from Bangkok-VOA NEWS Subscribe Our You Tube Channel

Russia Vaccine Rollout

Earlier this year, Russia claimed victory in the global race for a vaccine against the coronavirus. But as Charles Maynes reports from Moscow, the Kremlin’s new challenge is the vaccine’s rollout, and convincing Russians the drug is both safe and effective

December 28, 2020

Volunteer Group Helps Clean Miami Beaches

Florida is known for its beaches but keeping them clean is hard work

December 26, 2020

Ethiopian Refugees Say War Raging in...

Sudan is hosting more than 50,000 refugees who fled the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Despite the Ethiopian government’s announcement that fighting in Tigray is over, many of the refugees say it is not safe enough to go home

A Story of an Euthopian Refugee

Nigsty was about to become a mother when conflict forced her out of her home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Heavily pregnant, she walked for three days and delivered a baby girl in Sudan, where it was safe. What does the future hold for a young family forced to flee their home?

December 25, 2020

Uganda Opposition Leader Wearing Bulletproof Vest...

Bobi Wine says security forces are stopping him from campaigning, often with tear gas and rubber bullets. Ugandan police say they are enforcing COVID-19 guidelines

Nigerians Mark Christmas Under New Coronavirus...

Nigerian authorities this week announced the country is officially seeing a second wave of the coronavirus after it recorded its highest daily number of COVID-19 infections Dec. 17

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