North Carolina Republicans stripped the incoming Democratic governor of some of his authority Friday and they were on the cusp of an even greater power grab, an extraordinary move that…
continue readingMoscow city authorities have refused to allow human rights activists to stage a protest in front of Turkmenistan’s embassy Monday in support of jailed Turkmen journalists. The Memorial Human Rights…
continue readingDivers searching for nine Azerbaijani oil workers missing after the partial collapse of a Caspian Sea oil platform have found a cabin used by workers during resting shifts. But the…
continue readingJohn Glenn’s home state and the nation began saying goodbye to the beloved astronaut Friday, starting with a public viewing of his flag-draped casket inside Ohio’s Statehouse rotunda. Politicians, including…
continue readingAn American man whom U.S. prosecutors have accused of organizing the largest known cyberattack on Wall Street was arrested and appeared in U.S. court this week after being deported from…
continue readingRussian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has followed his declaration of intent to run in Russia’s next presidential election by saying one of his top priorities if elected would be to…
continue readingAs U.S.-backed Iraqi forces push against Islamic State in Mosul, displaced Yazidis hold an annual religious festival in refugee camps. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports. …
continue readingU.S. stocks closed in the red on Friday, but the losses follow a week that saw all-time highs in the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq. The Dow…
continue readingThe United States has more than doubled — to $25 million — the reward for information leading to the capture of Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The U.S. State…
continue readingThe U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has destroyed 14 Russian tanks captured from Russian and Syrian military forces near the city of Palmyra. Pentagon spokesman Navy…
continue readingU.S. President-elect Donald Trump met Friday with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, days after the state of Georgia asked the incoming president to investigate “failed cyberattacks” on a…
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continue readingGerman prosecutors say they are investigating a case in which a 12-year-old boy allegedly tried to set off a home-made nail bomb at a Christmas market. Officials said Friday that…
continue readingOutgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday referred to Aleppo, Syria, as a “synonym for hell” during his final news conference before stepping down at the end of the year.…
continue readingHaving the world at your fingertips through the Internet was touted as a revolution in education, but a new study suggests Internet in the classroom is linked to poorer test…
continue readingPresident Barack Obama says that after government officials realized Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee email system, he told Russian President Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” during a…
continue readingParents of Pakistani children killed in the 2014 attack on a Peshawar school gathered on December 16 to mark the second anniversary of the massacre. …
continue readingThis holiday season has a lot of offerings for moviegoers who may feel like celebrating with a film full of special effects, nods to Hollywood classics, A-list actors, thrills, action…
continue readingThe Pentagon says a Chinese warship has seized an unmanned U.S. Navy underwater glider that was collecting unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea. …
continue readingRafia Qaseem Baig’s special kind of courage and steady nerves are helping her to break down another gender barrier in Pakistan. She’s set to become the country’s first female bomb…
continue readingMoscow city authorities have refused to allow human rights activists to stage a protest in front of Turkmenistan’s embassy on December 19 in support of jailed Turkmen journalists. …
continue readingDivers searching for nine Azerbaijani oil workers missing after the partial collapse of a Caspian Sea oil platform have found a cabin used by workers during resting shifts. …
continue readingRussian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has followed his declaration of intent to run in Russia’s next presidential election by saying one of his top priorities if elected would be to…
continue readingProminent Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he will finance his bid for the Russian presidency by collecting small donations from ordinary voters, in an interview with Timur Olyevsky of…
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