Go beyond the headlines with VOA's Flashpoint Ukraine. Each weekday at 2105 UTC, VOA's Steve Miller puts the latest ...

Every great song is born in the soul of the artist” - Shawna Renee Music lover and cultural critic, Shawna Renee, introduces ...

U.S. Democrats secured unified control of the White House and Congress on Wednesday with the inauguration of President Joe Biden followed by Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in three new ...

The US Constitution's framers did not design a direct democracy where all Americans would vote on all issues.

Across war-torn Myanmar, rebel commanders, aid workers and cyber-scammers alike are turning to billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to stay in touch with each other and with the outside ...

Analysts say some of China’s 11 upper Mekong River watershed dams have contributed to droughts since 2019 in downstream Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam ...

Washington — The son of Iran’s last monarch, exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, used a speech to Israeli American activists in Washington on Friday to urge them to act in support of his ...

United Nations — The Kremlin welcomed what it described Tuesday as a “more balanced” U.S. position on Ukraine, after the United States pushed through its “Path for Peace” resolution at ...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media on Thursday announced that journalist-turned-politician Kari Lake will join the agency as a special adviser. A journalist for 30 years, Lake was named by President ...

Undated image of Arvin Ghahremani, an Iranian Jew whose execution on Nov. 4, 2024, made him the first member of Iran's tiny Jewish minority to be put to death in 30 years.

FILE - A volunteer arranges replicas of guns and helmets placed on the ground to symbolize Kenyan soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia who were killed during an attack, at a ...

Bush-era US officials discuss how China has shifted from integrating into the international system to challenging it over the past 15 years.