An agreement was reached Saturday to resume the evacuation of Syria’s eastern Aleppo. The evacuation was suspended Friday because of demands from pro-government forces who wanted two villages — Foua…

Afghan officials say gunmen have shot dead six government workers, including five women in southern Kandahar province. The early morning attack occurred when unknown assailants ambushed and sprayed with bullets…

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak accused opposition parties Saturday of trying to seize power illegally, while lawmakers occupied parliament’s plenary hall for a second day in the country’s biggest political…

Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbor in October to take over care of her 6-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling…

Possibly thinking a major U.S. aid package had been terminated, an enraged Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said “bye, bye” to America in retaliation Saturday and threatened to dissolve an agreement…

A car bomb has exploded next to a bus in central Turkey, killing at least 13 soldiers and wounding 55 other people; most of them soldiers. Six are in critical…

A chemical leak from an asphalt plant that led Corpus Christi officials to warn residents this week not to drink the water was reported a week earlier, according to an…

The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a 50-plus-year-old environmental nonprofit that aims to build connections between people and nature. Around the holidays, the organization designs special events to help kids celebrate…

Much of the U.S. is in the grip of temperatures that are well below 10 degrees celsius. But weather is one thing, and climate another, so scientists in San Francisco…

Eleven million patients worldwide travel to other nations for surgery because of the lack of affordable medical treatment in their home countries. The medical tourism industry is valued at $439…

U.S. President Barack Obama says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September about the alleged hacking of the Democratic Party, and that the hacking did not continue after…

U.S. President Barack Obama says he explicitly told Russian President Putin to stop cyberattacks and warned of consequences for the attack during the U.S. presidential campaign. VOA correspondent Aru Pande…

Here is a transcript of President Barack Obama’s news conference, held Friday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House: THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  This is the most…

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously extended its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for another year. The U.S.-drafted resolution says the council also will consider “appropriate measures” including an…

Hillary Clinton is blaming Russian interference for her loss in the U.S. presidential election, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin may have wanted to meddle in the race because of a …

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…

Moscow 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…

Divers 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…