A European Space Agency experimental probe is expected to land Wednesday on Mars, as part of a mission aimed at exploring the red planet’s atmosphere and searching for signs of…

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The United States, Britain and the U.N. peace envoy to Yemen called Sunday for the warring parties in the country to immediately and unconditionally declare a cease fire. “This is…

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump conceded Sunday he is losing support from women, but he blamed it on media accounts of women who he says falsely accused him of…

Amid fears of threats posed by protectionism, the BRICS countries have vowed to deepen economic engagement, tackle the global economic slowdown, and combat cross border terrorism. The leaders of the…

Iraqi and Kurdish forces are preparing to push Islamic State fighters from the northern Iraqi town of Hawija. VOA’s Dlshad Anwar reports. …

An Israeli human rights group on Sunday vowed to continue its battle against Israel settlements built on occupied lands sought by the Palestinians, rejecting a harsh rebuke by Prime Minister…

Security forces in Afghanistan claim to have pushed the Taliban from parts of a key southern provincial capital and inflicted heavy casualties on the opposition as insurgent hostilities appear to…

The number of fighters joining extremist groups in the Middle East from Kosovo, once the highest per capita in Europe, has come to a virtual halt, according to government officials,…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the formal start of a military push to drive Islamic State extremists from the northern stronghold city of Mosul. The announcement on state…

In the crucial days before Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson embraced Britain’s “leave campaign,” he wrote a newspaper column explaining why Britain should remain inside the European Union – but those…

The Ethiopian government has unveiled stringent rules for its state of emergency which the opposition says is meant to curb a wave of protests, sometimes deadly, in the Oromia region…

A suicide bomber struck a Shi’ite Muslim religious observance Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding four. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack,…

A senior official in Mexico says jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could be extradited to the United States by no later than February.  American authorities want Guzman on…

The United Nations says around 370,000 registered and undocumented Afghan refugees have returned home from neighboring Pakistan this year, with a significant spike seen since mid-July. The U.N. Office for…

Blame writer Stephen King and his horrific creation Pennywise the clown who lurked in the sewers. Or blame the serial killer John Wayne Gacy who painted pictures of a clown…

Each week, the sleepy town of Crumpton, Maryland turns into a fast-paced auction, where buyers and sellers come from everywhere to find deals on housewares, jewelry and more. Elizabeth Cherneff…

Scientists are studying the skeleton of an ancient sea monster. It was discovered in Scotland 50 years ago, but it wasn’t until more recently — using modern fossil extraction methods…

For centuries, lighthouses guided ships safely through reefs and rocky passages to port. But 20th century breakthroughs in navigation technology, such as radar and satellite-based GPS, have made them obsolete.…

The Philippines is being slammed by Typhoon Sarika.  The heavy rains and strong winds of the storm bore down on the main Philippine island of Luzon early Sunday, forcing more…