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.
Category: Video Report
Press Freedom Under Spotlight at Magnitsky...
The Ukrainian journalist Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed in Russia for reporting on the country’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were among those honored at the recent Magnitsky Awards ceremony in London
US Women Candidates Aim to Break...
While 59 other countries have elected female heads of state, the United States has yet to shatter what former Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton called the “highest, hardest glass ceiling.” Clinton’s loss to President Donald Trump in 2016 may have blazed a trail for five female candidates currently running for president in 2020, but as VOA’s Brian Padden reports it also reinforced doubts that a woman can be elected to the nation’s highest office
Serbs Protest Pollution From Chinese-Owned Mining...
People in the Serbian city of Bor have been protesting over dangerous levels of pollution linked to a nearby mining and smelting complex. Environmentalists say the problem has worsened dramatically since a Chinese company took over the mining operation last year
Student Protesters Trapped at Besieged Hong...
Dozens of student protesters in Hong Kong made frantic efforts Monday to escape a university that has been surrounded by riot police, as the campus siege entered a second day
After a Month of Protests in...
Protesters in Lebanon came out en masse on Sunday, marking a full month of demonstrations against government corruption, and a host of other grievances. But after all this time in the streets, are demonstrators any closer to achieving their goals?
Report: US Agriculture Uses Child Labor,...
New research has found that U.S. agriculture uses child workers without proper training and care for their safety. The report published last week in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine says 33 children are injured every day while working on U.S. farms, and more child workers die in agriculture than in any other industry
Female Artists Underrepresented in Predominantly Male...
While men tend to dominate the comic book industry, there are female voices rising through the industry. VOA Indonesia’s Dhania Iman reports on some women artists who are overcoming the gender bias
US Senate Passed A Bill Making...
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The so-called PACT – Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture – Act was approved unanimously
Advancements for Pakistani Women in Tech...
A few Pakistani women friends, working for big tech companies in the US, decided they wanted to create the mentoring and professional network they wished they’d had when coming up in the busines
Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students...
Student protesters are barricading themselves in at universities across Hong Kong, stockpiling makeshift weapons and turning campuses into what look like war zones. It marks a dangerous new phase in Hong Kong’s five-month-old anti-government protests