Month: January 2021

The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution urging the immediate deployment of U.N. monitors to the eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo. Syrian rebels had controlled…

A gunman shot and killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday in Ankara. Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova confirmed Andrei Karlov had died of his wounds. “Today in…

President-elect Donald Trump is pulling back from some of the immigration policies he proposed as a candidate. Trump is still promising stronger enforcement of immigration laws. He also continues to…

The southwestern French city of Bordeaux is a center of the wine trade. But hundreds of years ago, it was the second-largest slave-trading port in France. From the 17th to…

Fishermen on the Mekong River in Cambodia say they are being hurt by dams being built in Laos. They say they are catching fewer, and smaller, fish. The fishermen blame…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he killed suspected drug dealers while serving as mayor of the southern city of Davao. Duterte made the comment Monday as he spoke to…

On December 1st, five West African countries agreed to stop importing “dirty” fuel from Europe. Dirty fuel is the name for diesel fuel that has a high amount of sulfur.…

Ban Ki-moon will finish his term as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the end of December. He spoke with VOA recently about his 10 years as the U.N’s top…

Officials in Turkey say police have detained over 500 people since Monday because of their suspected ties to Kurdish militants. Members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), parliament’s second largest…

The United States’ top health official says electronic cigarettes can cause health problems for young people. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released his first report on e-cigarettes this week. He called…

The United States is expected to execute fewer people in 2016 than any year in the past 25 years. So far this year, 19 people have been put to death…

You might think the only place to set up a technology company in the United States is California. After all, Northern California has Silicon Valley, which is home to companies…

Iran’s main air travel company Iran Air has signed an agreement with American manufacturer Boeing to buy 80 passenger airplanes. The two companies announced the $16.6 billion deal Sunday after…

Americans are more hopeful about how well Donald Trump will perform as the president of the United States than they were during the recent election campaign. But their opinions are…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state — the top cabinet position. Tillerson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at the Texas-based oil company…