Though they were guest speakers at an annual benefit dinner Thursday in New York, rival U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had few charitable things to say about…

European Union heads of state continue their summit Friday in Brussels, where the EU’s response to Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria is high on the agenda. Syrian government forces began…

Iraqi forces are moving faster than expected toward Mosul, where Islamic State militants have been in control for more than two years. But in nearby refugee camps, aid workers fear…

A former National Security Agency contractor’s theft of top secret government information was “breathtaking in its longevity and scale,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday aimed at keeping…

The international community Thursday stepped up pressure on Syria and its allies to end the bombing of eastern Aleppo and allow aid workers in and civilians out of the besieged…

The United States has called for a special meeting with Russia over alleged violations of a landmark Cold War-era arms-control treaty, a policy reversal that echoes deepening U.S. fears about…

A Mexican federal judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman against his extradition to the United States. The Mexican foreign ministry approved the extradition…

The wife of an Iranian-Austrian man sentenced recently by an Iranian court to 10 years in prison on spying charges has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that her husband is a…

Foreign policy experts and analysts say they are perplexed by a hacked email in which Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to accuse the Saudi…

American-born giant panda Bao Bao will be heading from Washington’s National Zoo to the land of her forefathers, China, early next year, it was announced Thursday. Bao Bao’s parents, Mei…

Officials from the electoral commission of Ghana plan to meet the chiefs and elders as well as the media next week as part of an engagement program to educate the…

Without prompting, 10-year-old Maha rattled off her story as if she had told it several times before: Her father is in jail now, she said, after he was attacked by…

Growing concerns about the contentious U.S. presidential race, fueled by doubts about the candidates’ qualifications and even their own rhetoric, have not gone unnoticed by the U.S. intelligence community. But…

With relations between the United States and Russia continuing to worsen, a leading Russian independent pollster and sociologist says the atmosphere of “militaristic euphoria” and anti-Americanism promoted by Russian authorities…

American officials say they have gotten no formal notice from Manila following Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of a “separation” from the United States. “We have not received any official…

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Nearly a week after the military operation to recapture Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the Islamic State, the anticipated exodus of civilians has unfolded precisely as top United Nations officials…

U.S. political analysts say Republican Donald Trump’s assertion that next month’s presidential election is rigged, and that he might not accept the outcome if he loses, is unprecedented in the…

Scientists say they have figured out a way to use tobacco plants to produce artemisinin, a highly effective anti-malaria drug. Malaria infects an estimated 200 million people each year, resulting…

A U.S. service member was killed by a bomb blast north of Mosul, a military official tells VOA. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the service member…

As Iraqi and Kurdish forces continued to advance on the so-called Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, hundreds of civilians fleeing the city have crossed the border into war-torn Syria.…

An original VOA documentary by Kane Farabaugh on the campaigns of four Muslim American immigrants seeking political office at the local, state and national level. …

President Salva Kiir has threatened to personally lead military operations against armed groups in central South Sudan if gunmen continue to attack civilians along a key road. Kiir said Thursday…