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Small groups of Iranian women celebrated International Women’s Day by appearing publicly unveiled in Tehran and calling on Iranians to support their defiance of mandatory veiling in the Islamist nation. VOA Persian received and verified a video clip showing two unveiled women marking Friday’s occasion by holding a red sign and speaking to a …
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Turkish forces have begun patrolling in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib as part of a deal struck with Russia and Iran in the war-torn country. …
The HPV virus is so common that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives, unless they are protected by vaccination. The HPV virus can lead to cancer in both men and women. That’s why those who have gotten cancer caused …
Thousands of civilians have evacuated from Baghuz, Syria, in the past two days as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are trying to recapture the last stronghold of Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria. More than 6,500 civilians left Baghuz in the last two days alone, SDF officials told VOA Thursday. They said hundreds of IS …
A senior U.S. envoy has urged feuding neighbors Serbia and Kosovo to stop provoking each other and to resume talks aimed at normalizing relations. …
In Turkey, International Women’s Day saw nationwide protests, with many focusing on the growing scourge of violence against women. According to rights groups, hundreds of women are slain yearly in Turkey. In Istanbul’s Kadikoy district, the heart of the Asian side of the city, hundreds of women gathered, holding placards condemning violence against women. “We …
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Patriarch Mesrob II, the leader of the Armenian Orthodox Christians in Turkey, has died. He was 62. …
Директор із комунікацій Білого дому США Білл Шайн пішов у відставку. В апараті президента США зазначили, що Шайн долучиться до кампанії перевиборів чинного президента США Дональда Трампа. «Білл Шайн зробив видатну роботу для мене та адміністрації. Ми сумуватимемо за ним у Білому домі, але чекаємо на роботу під час президентської кампанії 2020 року», – сказав …
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Популярная испанская газета “Эль Периодико” опубликовала журналистское расследование о том, как хранят деньги в офшорах, а затем вкладывают их в недвижимость на побережье Испании представители российского истеблишмента. На этот раз в нем фигурирует крупный чиновник государственной корпорации “Ростех” Владимир Артяков. Сотрудники “Эль Периодико” участвуют в Международном журналистском проекте по расследованию организованной преступности и коррупции …
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На севере Пакистана есть необычная ферма. Руководит ей женщина, превратившая неплодородную землю в картофельное поле. …
The recent congressional testimony of President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, transfixed Washington at a time when the president is under increasing scrutiny. To some, Cohen’s moment in the national spotlight harkened back to dramatic moments from another time, the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, which eventually forced President Richard Nixon …
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“Lost Boys of Sudan” was the name given to a group of more than 20,000 ethnic Dinka and Nuer children who were displaced and orphaned during the 1987-2005 Second Sudanese Civil War. John Deng fled with them in 1987 and has been living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp ever since. He became a teacher to …
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First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday paid tribute to 10 women from around the world with this year’s International Women of Courage awards. Honoree Naw K’nyaw Paw of Myanmar, also known as Burma, described her own personal experience as one of many who, she says, endured brutality at the hands …
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The United States has urged the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran over its recent ballistic-missile test and launches of two satellites, saying they violate the world body’s resolutions. …
Britain says it will grant “diplomatic protection” to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a U.K.-Iranian dual citizen imprisoned in Tehran since 2016, citing “unacceptable treatment” during her three years of detention. …
The United States has for the first time named Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of the late president of Uzbekistan, in a major international bribery scheme, charging her with conspiracy to violate U.S. foreign-corruption laws. …
Paul Manafort, who served as U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign manager for several months in mid-2016, is set to be sentenced Thursday in federal court for tax and bank fraud. Sentencing guidelines suggest a judge could send Manafort to prison for between 19 and 24 years. For a man who turns 70 on April 1, …
Manuel thought he, too, would become a victim. The undocumented Puebla, Mexico, native had only been working in the United States for eight months when he witnessed a gruesome hammer attack at his Sheepshead Bay, New York, workplace that left three workers dead. On Jan. 15, 2019, the early dinner crowd had begun to fill …
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In January, a vicious hammer attack at a Brooklyn, New York, restaurant left three Asian immigrant workers dead. While still shaken and trying to heal, the attack brought the community together in New York. But with all the markings of a hate crime, immigrants of color in New York and elsewhere are now reckoning with …
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The world’s largest country by territory, Russia ranks third in the world in terms of arable land with 123 million hectares. Here’s a look at the tycoons, offshore firms, and family of a former agriculture minister who own most of it. …
Pakistan’s government says it has taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its crackdown against Islamist militants. …
Russia’s State Duma has approved legislation that would block websites that publish what the authorities deem to be “fake news” and penalizing websites that “insult” authorities, state symbols, and what the legislation vaguely describes as Russian “society.” …
Algerian independence war veterans said protesters demanding ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down after 20 years in power had legitimate concerns and they urged all citizens to demonstrate – another sign of cracks in the ruling elite. The unrest poses the biggest challenge yet to Bouteflika and his inner circle which includes members of the …
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U.S. officials have warned at an energy conference in Brussels that the Trump administration will take punitive action against European companies that are building the Kremlin-favored Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will deliver energy from Russia to Germany while bypassing Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 (NS2) will largely replace an older pipeline running through …
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