Month: February 2021

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Turkey, has often been criticized for being an ineffective leader. Now, others are gathering around him in the 450-kilometer…

Four Arab nations led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia say Qatar is “not serious” in its response to their demands. The Arab countries also include the United Arab Emirates and…

Thailand’s military government has delayed a new labor law by six months. The government was forced to delay the start of the law after protests and panic from workers and…

The United States has denied visas to a team of Gambian students to attend a major international robotics competition. The event takes place in Washington, D.C. later this month. Mucktarr…

The United States has called for the world to act after North Korea’s leader celebrated the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. North Korea launched a long-range missile,…

A company in Mountain View, California, helps fund and advises new, or startup, technology companies. It is called Y Combinator, and it has helped launch many well-known companies like Dropbox,…

A new report shows the number of babies born prematurely has been increasing in the United States since 2014. The report by the National Center for Health Statistics says preterm…

Turkey has historically prided itself on being a secular state. Amendments to the constitution during the 1920s and 1930s separated religion and government policy. Since that time, debates about the…

A Vietnamese blogger, honored by the United States for her activism, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Vietnam. Mẹ Nấm, or Mother Mushroom, received the sentence Thursday…

Long before he became vice president, Mike Pence told a reporter that he does not eat alone with any woman who is not his wife. A new poll shows that…

America’s population is becoming older and increasingly diverse – made up of people who are different from each other. Nowhere are those differences more apparent than in Houston, Texas. The…

The Dead Sea is losing about a meter of water each year. The sea is on the border of Israel and Jordan. It is the lowest place on Earth meaning…

A new exhibit in New York City lets people get a close look at famous paintings by the artist Michelangelo. In the early 16th century, he painted many walls and…

The United States government may force Gurmukh Singh to leave the country. Singh works as a taxi driver in Southern California. The government denied his request for asylum 18 years…

The huge increase in the number of refugees entering northern Uganda from South Sudan has affected the country’s already-weak health care system. VOA recently visited the Adjumani area in northern…