Month: February 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump was set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a major summit to discuss the question of Pyongyang’s nuclear-weapons and missile programs. …

Boeing on Wednesday unveiled an unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia and designed to fly alongside crewed aircraft in combat for a fraction of the cost. The U.S. manufacturer hopes to sell the multi-role aircraft, which is 38 feet long (11.6 meters) and has a 2,000 nautical mile (3,704-kilometer) range, to customers around the world, …

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Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker agreed to meet with lawmakers to clarify his testimony, a congressional leader said on Tuesday, referring to an appearance where Whitaker was quizzed about whether President Donald Trump had sought to influence investigations. “I want to thank Mr. Whitaker for volunteering to meet with us to clarify his …

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This week in Hanoi, the lights will be shining brightly on U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Not far away from that big stage, China will be watching closely and if all goes smoothly, asserting that it too has played a role in efforts to promote peace on the Korean …

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Afghan officials say that an air strike has mistakenly killed nine members of a government-backed militia. …

The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to begin February 27 in Hanoi, Vietnam. As the two leaders prepare to meet, residents the South Korean capital share their expectations. VOA’s Steve Miller reports from Seoul. …

In February 1944, the regime of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin started forcibly deporting nearly half a million people from the Caucasus region to Central Asia. Many did not survive the transports. Seventy-five years later, survivors who remain in Kazakhstan spoke to Current Time about the lasting trauma of being torn from their homes and families. …

Read more “‘Half-Naked and Barefoot:’ Chechens, Ingush Recall 1944 Deportations”

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from the site of the summit in Hanoi. …

Some 13,000 people have been killed, a quarter of them civilians, and as many as 30,000 wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine since it broke out in April 2014, the United Nations says. …

President Ali Bongo, whose stroke last October plunged Gabon into uncertainty, held  a string of meetings on Monday ahead of the first gathering of the cabinet, according to the government. The authorities released photos of Bongo meeting the heads of the Constitutional Court and National Assembly and his chief of staff. Film footage was also …

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The international arms control system is facing collapse, the United Nations chief said Monday, as he urged Russia and the US to stop the imminent demise of a crucial nuclear treaty. Secretary General Antonio Guterres used an address to the UN’s Conference on Disarmament to warn that one of the cornerstones of diplomatic achievement over …

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Moldova Service correspondent Valentina Ursu spoke with political analyst Angela Gramada, president of the Experts for Security and Global Affairs think tank in Bucharest, about the campaign and the outlook for Moldova’s future. …

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According to Lutsenko, Zamana is suspected of illegally dissolving 70 military garrisons and units, including air-defense missile brigades and battalions, and 19 air force units, and reducing a tactical aviation brigade to a squadron from 2012-2014. …

An aide to Iran’s president asked what kind of message state TV was trying to send by showing an abusive man alongside his wife, who’d unsuccessfully sought a divorce dozens of times. …

Regina King stuns in white and Glenn Close dons queenly gold NEW YORK (AP) — Regina King brought Old Hollywood alive on the Oscar red carpet Sunday in a romantic white gown with a touch of sparkle and a long train, while Constance Wu in sunshine yellow and Emilia Clarke in lavender looked every bit …

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Opposition leader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider “all options” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement. Guaido’s comments late Saturday came after a tumultuous day that saw President Nicolas Maduro’s forces fire tear gas and …

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With more than 66 percent of the votes counted, Moldova’s pro-Russia Socialist Party has taken the lead over the ruling Democratic Party in a close battle that could determine whether the impoverished Eastern European country moves closer to Moscow or the European Union. …