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.

Tag: Video Report

November 21, 2020

No Way Home: Former IS Detainees...

When Islamic State fell in Iraq, tens of thousands of men were arrested. Some were eventually set free because they were not IS members, yet years later many hundreds of them still languish in the desert settlements because they cannot return home

November 20, 2020

No Money, But No Beatings Either...

One was a theater director, another worked at an oil refinery, but both have fled repression in Belarus after joining mass protests against an August election widely seen as rigged and are now refugees in neighboring Latvia

Russian Peacekeepers Guard Key Nagorno-Karabakh Road

Russian peacekeepers have been deployed on the road connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The deployment is among the terms of a Moscow-mediated truce signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan

Cambodian-Canadian Actress Ellen Wong Plays Child...

Ellen Wong is a Cambodian-Canadian actress well known in Hollywood. But as VOA’s Chetra Chap reports, her latest role hits very close to home

India’s Capital Battling With Two Health...

India’s capital, New Delhi, is battling twin health emergencies, as it copes with deadly air pollution that spikes in winter months and a record surge in coronavirus cases

November 19, 2020

Russian Student Driven Up A Tree...

Russian student Aleksei Dudoladov has resorted to climbing up a tree to participate in online classes because there’s no clear Internet signal in his Siberian village.

DRC Ebola Outbreak Ends

18 November marked the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nearly six months after the first cases were reported in Equateur Province

Uganda’s Presidential Hopefuls Kick Off Campaigns...

Campaigning is underway in Uganda for January’s elections but candidates are struggling to follow coronavirus guidelines.

November 18, 2020

Ghana Plagued By Floods despite Politicians’...

Ghana’s capital, Accra, is plagued by frequent floods despite a raft of promises from politicians to fix it. Some Ghanaians say the issue will be a key factor on how they will vote in December’s general election

What Has Changed Since George Floyd’s...

For months, thousands of Americans protested against police brutality and called for police reform. Now support for Black Lives Matter has cooled, according to a recent survey

Top