VOA — LONDON — Amnesty International says recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest level in five years. Read more »
VOA — THE WHITE HOUSE — As President Joe Biden and congressional leaders continue talks to discuss the issue of raising the debt ceiling to keep the country from defaulting on its... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — Iran has summoned Iraq’s ambassador to protest over the presence of Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, media reported Sunday. Quoting the... Read more »
VOA — MIAMI — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to end the expedited releases of migrants who enter the United States illegally from Mexico, potentially straining already stretched holding... Read more »
VOA — The United States said Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Gulf after what it called increasing harassment by Iran of ships in the oil-rich waters. “The Department of Defense... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — Health agencies warn that viral hepatitis could kill more people by 2040 than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined if it remains a neglected disease and efforts to fight... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — A report by leading United Nations agencies says global progress in reducing maternal and newborn deaths has stalled for nearly a decade largely due to underinvestment in providing... Read more »
VOA — For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly revised race question that... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Recent attacks on mosques in Minneapolis, in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota, have increased concerns by Somali American imams, mosque administrators and community activists about the safety... Read more »