On the eve of the June 4 anniversary, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington held a candlelight memorial to mourn the victims of the #Tiananmen Square protests. The participants included Hong Kongers, Tibetans, and Uyghurs. The...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra #Modi said Saturday he was "deeply pained" after meeting victims of the country's worst rail accident in over two decades. A report in The Times of India said one of the trains involved in the accident entered the wr...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday he was "deeply pained" after meeting victims of the country's worst rail accident in over two decades. A report in The Times of India said one of the trains involved in the accident entered the wro...
At least 261 people have died in India's worst rail collision in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sched...
On May 25, Russia moved forward with plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, two months after President Vladimir Putin first announced Russia would station such weapons in Belarus. Also on May 25, exiled Belarusian opposition leader S...
Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation that suspends the debt limit through
On May 20, China’s state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) promoted Tibet-related content from Zi Yun and Da Ke, “travel vloggers” on a platform called Douyin, China's version of TikTok. Zi Yun has amassed over 2 million followers on the ...
Officials from developed democracies are becoming increasingly vocal about Beijing’s use of trade barriers in political disputes. On May 20, leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) announced an initiative dubbed the Coordination Platform on Economic Co...
On May 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appointee in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, posted a video on his Telegram channel showing him atop a Russian T-72 tank. Russian state news agencies reported Kadyrov’s social media post amplifying his claim...
#Fashion designer Anthony Rubio recreates iconic looks from this year's #metgala, but on #pets. The dogs, who are Instagram stars with their own social media following, walked the 'red carpet,' wearing the looks of celebrities like Rihanna, Salma ...
Nine planes from #Italy’s aeronautical acrobatic team, the Frecce Tricolori, or Red Arrows, swooped down over the historic center of #Rome Friday to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic. They released smoke in the gree...
The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the retail giant Target, the brewer of the beer Bud Light — in the past month, all these businesses have been the focus of consumer boycotts for marketing to LGBTQ+ customers. From Los Angeles, Genia Dulot ha...
Senegal braced for a second day of unrest Friday after a jail sentence for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko led to one of the deadliest days of violence in recent memory and left parts of the capital's main university in ruins. MORE: Nine people we...
President Joe Biden spoke to graduates of the Air Force Academy at an uncertain time for global peace. VOA spoke to an alumnus of the institution who graduated at another uncertain time — the Vietnam era — about what it was like to be in that seat...
President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday. The 80-year-old U.S. president quickly got up on one knee helped by three people and walked back to his sea...
President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday. The 80-year-old U.S. president quickly got up on one knee helped by three people and walked back to his sea...
This Cold War history docuseries covers the events that have shaped our world, how the U.S. has played a pivotal role in framing this ongoing trajectory, and unpacks the vital connections between the past and the present. » Subscribe to VOA News: ...
Crowds gathered in Amman's Roman Theatre on Thursday for the wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif. Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, and Rajwa Alseif, 29, are to be married at a palace wedding, a Wes...
Jordan's crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace celebration attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom. The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein, 28...
Spain is the second-largest vehicle manufacturer in Europe after Germany and its market has become a target for Chinese automakers
