Month: November 2018

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has cautioned the alliance’s European members not to endanger the transatlantic defense bond. …

Palestinians have fired dozens of rockets at southern Israel, and Israel responded with airstrikes on Gaza, a day after deadly clashes on the Israel-Gaza border.   Israeli officials say the rocket fire wounded at least seven people, including a 19-year-old who was critically hurt when a mortar shell hit a bus. On the Palestinian side …

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The communities said to be favored to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major metropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers. But there are plenty of differences between New York’s Long Island City and Crystal City in northern Virginia.   Set …

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A Russian rom-com set during the construction of a bridge linking Crimea to Russia has been panned by critics and a box-office disappointment. …

Bekim Gashi barely escaped a 1999 massacre by Yugoslav troops in Kosovo in which his mother and sisters died. Nearly 20 years later, he must relive the tragedy as he testifies in the war crimes trial of two officers who ordered the killings. …

Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday Britain is “open to a different relationship” with Russia if Moscow takes a new path and stops “attacks” that undermine international treaties and security. Just a year ago, May used her annual speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet to accuse Moscow of military aggression and of meddling …

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday the U.S. will hold accountable all those involved in the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist, in a telephone call that also took in the conflict in Yemen. The killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul and the …

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Fighting has broken out in the streets of Yemen’s key port Hodeidah between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition forces. A pro-Yemeni military official said Sunday the forces aim to “purge” the city of the rebels, who control the port, where nearly all food, medicine, and other supplies for civilians are delivered. Humanitarian workers fear …

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Valentin Konovalov, a Communist who ended up being the sole candidate in the runoff for governor in Russia’s Khakasia region, has won. …

A former Iranian minister of welfare and social security has been arrested for financial fraud, official media reported on November 11. …

Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections, which have been branded “illegal” by Kyiv. In the city of Donetsk, the largest urban center controlled by separatists in eastern Ukraine, street stands were selling cut-price food and offering the chance to win prizes as an apparent incentive to vote. …

Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan last month, wants to leave the country and travel to Germany, her lawyer says. …

The latest victim of a fatal shark attack in Australia was 33-year old Daniel Christidis. He was bitten by a shark November 5 at Cid Harbour, a large and popular anchorage in the Whitsunday Islands off eastern Australia. The victim was killed on the first day of a yachting vacation with friends. In September, a …

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In the heart of India’s financial capital Mumbai, lies one of the largest slums in the world – Dharavi. A group of under privileged children from Dharavi is making their bridge to the world outside their slum. By using one of the most common items in their modest homes, the children create beautiful sounds. VOA’s …

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A university in London is looking at new ways to use technology that displays fully three-dimensional images. They’re hoping academics and experts can use the technology to deliver lectures in the classroom – remotely. VOA Correspondent Mariama Diallo reports. …

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting some 70 world leaders in Paris to commemorate the centenary of the armistice that brought an end to World War I on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. …

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk, the world cruiserweight champion, successfully defended his four titles by knocking out Britain’s Tony Bellew in the eighth round. …