Headlines- After alerts in the Yiron area, the Israeli military claims that its air force effectively stopped a "suspicious aerial target" before it entered Israeli territory.
- As a "humanitarian gesture," US President Donald Trump stated that ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be escorted.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed in a statement released by the state-run Press TV that the United States' ability to make decisions "has narrowed" due to the prolonged impasse in negotiations.
- In a post to X on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have attacked 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, including over 50 other infrastructure targets and 70 military-use buildings.
- In an effort to maintain "market stability" despite the Iranian conflict, seven members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries resolved on Sunday to begin gradually raising production in June.
Category: Video Report
Restaurant in Survival Mode
We look at how a restaurant in New York City pivots during the pandemic, while still keeping the neighborhood well fed
Movies Reopening in NYC
As New York City slowly and carefully returns to a relative normal after weeks of strict lockdown measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, movie theatres in the Big Apple are hoping to open their doors again. In the meantime, NYC outdoor movies have become popularity again during the pandemic
Focus on Rohingya Refugees
This month marks three years since Myanmar’s military launched an escalated campaign against the mostly ethnic Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state, with systematic rape, beatings, killings and burning of villages
Women Run a Local Produce Market...
In Syria, a society dominated by men, a group of women entrepreneurs has opened a small produce market in Amuda, a town in the northeastern part of the country. The market, entirely run by women, represents a challenge to what is normally a male-dominated economic activity
2020 March on Washington ‘Commits’ to...
Friday marked the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, during which American civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Though the crowd for the 2020 march Friday was smaller than expected, thousands came to protest police killings of Black Americans, which they say are a legacy of slavery and racism that the country is still trying to overcome
New Orleans Post Katrina Films
Two films explore the cycle of violence, trauma and incarceration in the Black community of post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with filmmakers and community organizers of the documentary “Freedia Got a Gun” and of the drama feature “RZA’s ((sp. Reezah’s)) Cutthroat City.” They chronicle causes of systemic violence in the Big Easy which was devastated 15 years ago by a Category 5 hurricane
In Remote Himalayan Hamlet, Telemedicine Brings...
The divide between India’s urban and rural healthcare is stark — big cities boast of highly qualified doctors while most rural areas lack adequate health infrastructure. To bridge the gulf with the help of modern technology, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh has launched a telemedicine program in two remote areas
Stranded in Miami, Cruise Ship Workers...
Stranded for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, many cruise ship workers have been living in hotels since March
Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa Fights Back As...
Police recently briefly denied Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa access to her clients at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts