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.

Category: Video Report

November 20, 2018

Reports: Nicaragua Government Cracks Down on...

At least 420 violations against press freedoms in the country. That is according to the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation

Gun Violence and Students

Why do shooters target students and young people, and does it give international students and their families pause before applying to U.S. schools? VOA NEWS

November 19, 2018

Lithuania: Russia’s UBER Could Be Used...

In the Baltic country of Lithuania, there’s growing debate over a Russian-owned taxi ride-sharing service that Lithuanian government officials warn could be spying on users through their smartphones

November 18, 2018

Art Thrives Among Hunters, Fishers in...

  The small town of Utqiagvik, Alaska, is the northernmost town in the United States. Entertainment is scarce and so is the list of jobs. A lot of locals still hunt and fish, and there is room for art here as well. As Natasha Mozgovaya reports, indigenous carvers have been creating beautiful figurines, intricate miniature …

A Women-Only Village in Northern Syria...

A new village has been built specifically for women in northern Syria’s Rojava region. The name of the village is Jinwar, which means a place for women in Kurdish. It has 30 identical houses, each of which is made from red clay. VOA’s Zana Omer visited the village and filed this report, narrated by Bezhan …

November 17, 2018

Ghosts and Gold in the Wild...

People now go to experience the old Wild West complete with staged gunfights

November 16, 2018

South Africa Cannabis Ruling Leads to...

Marijuana activists say this could just be the beginning and that the famous plant could do much more for the national economy

Somalia Struggles to Treat PTSD from...

Somalia’s 30 years of chronic conflict have left an estimated 1 in 3 people affected by mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

November 15, 2018

Solar Panels Transform Lives at Kenyan...

When the sun  sets on the Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya, many activities come to an end because of electricity outages

Southern California Fires Uproot Hollywood Celebrities

The wildfires in Southern California have been sweeping through many affluent communities near Los Angeles

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