Twenty-two years ago, Somali-born Ilhan Omar was living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Today, she has her sights set on the Minnesota state House of Representatives after a successful…
continue readingAn Afghan woman immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine is to be freed on bail, days after being arrested in Pakistan on fraud charges. …
continue readingOnce a hard-charging young congressman, Anthony Weiner lost his career and his marriage to a habit of trading sexually explicit messages that he couldn’t shake – a lurid tale of…
continue readingSerbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sought to reassure the public about his safety on Sunday, a day after the discovery of a weapons cache hidden near his home that forced…
continue readingIraqi and Kurdish forces are bracing for more Islamic State suicide attacks as their offensive gets closer to Mosul, commanders say. “We expect [Islamic State] to send as many…
continue readingIceland’s prime minister resigned Sunday after an election in which no party gained a parliamentary majority needed to form the next government. Outgoing Prime Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson of the…
continue readingTurkmenistan marked its 25th year of independence on October 27 and — while life has always been hard for the some 5 million people in the isolationist, authoritarian state —…
continue readingFuror continues to build over Friday’s FBI’s announcement that it is reviewing a new batch of emails that could pertain to Hillary Clinton’s handling of electronic communication as secretary of…
continue readingFighting raged Sunday on the western edges of the Syrian city of Aleppo, with rebels trying to split a Russian-backed government force laying siege to the eastern half of the…
continue readingThe sulfur dioxide fire Islamic State militants triggered last week is only the first stage in a plan that will see the extremists resort to chemical warfare in a bid…
continue readingDemocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump remain locked in a tight contest for the U.S. presidency, nine days ahead of the November 8 election, with the campaign roiled by…
continue readingGeorgians have gone to the polls on October 30 for a second round of parliamentary elections to decide the outcome of one-third of the seats in the 150-seat legislature. …
continue readingA car bomb parked on a shopping street in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people and wounded more than 30 others on October 30. …
continue readingSyrian insurgents are maintaining a push into government-controlled areas of Aleppo, using artillery, car bombs, and tanks to advance into the western part of the city. …
continue readingSaudi Arabia says it foiled a plot to bomb a World Cup 2018 qualifying match earlier this month and has arrested terror suspects linked to the Islamic State militant group.…
continue readingU.S. law enforcement officials say FBI investigators knew weeks ago that emails found in a separate probe may be related to the Hillary Clinton email case, but did not reveal…
continue readingSomali government troops recaptured Goofgaduud in southern Somalia after al-Shabab militants briefly took control of the village Sunday, officials and witnesses said. “The militants attacked a government military base.…
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continue readingJames Comey has been a tough U.S. prosecutor who faced down some of the most prominent defendants in the past quarter century and once dramatically helped set the rules for…
continue readingAs Iraqi families speed away from the frontlines of the battle against Islamic State in trucks, the thousands of tents in the desert countryside surrounding Mosul are slowly being occupied…
continue readingFive explosions left at least 17 people dead and 60 wounded in Baghdad Sunday, authorities said. A parked car bomb hit a popular fruit and vegetable market in a commercial…
continue readingOctober is harvest season in the United States, the busiest time of year for farms across the country. VOA’s Indonesian Service visited a small farm in Maryland, called Larriland Farm,…
continue readingThe European Union and Canada signed a long-delayed landmark free trade agreement Sunday in Brussels aimed to boost growth and jobs. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the Comprehensive and…
continue readingTroops shot and killed a man with explosives boldly showing strapped to his torso Sunday, as he tried to enter a refugee camp in northeastern Maiduguri city where another suicide…
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