Category: World

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that demands by U.S. President Donald Trump to alter Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers are unacceptable. …

Tajik women can wear whatever outfit they want, as long as it doesn’t include a miniskirt, a hijab, flat shoes, short sleeves, plunging necklines, synthetic materials…. …

A fire broke out at an unfinished skyscraper, formerly known as Trump Tower, in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, burning for three hours before firefighters extinguished the blaze. …

Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world’s largest single case of child sacrifice. The pre-Columbian burial site, known as Las Llamas, contains the skeletons of 140 children who were between the ages of five and 14 when they were ritually sacrificed during a ceremony about 550 years …

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European Council President Donald Tusk praised Macedonia’s efforts to reconcile with its neighbors as it accelerates its bid to join the European Union, and said such efforts are needed across the Western Balkans and are “important” for Europe. …

Molotov cocktails were hurled at armored vehicles and NATO troops wore riot gear as part of an training exercise near Kosovo’s capital, Pristina. …

As representatives from more than 70 countries met this week to strengthen efforts to fight terror financing, experts told U.S. lawmakers that resolving a crisis among the Arab Gulf states could be an effective tool to reduce such funding. The event Wednesday and Thursday in Paris included Gulf states that have accused each other of funding …

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Authorities in China said a man with a knife killed seven middle school children Friday at a school in the country’s north. Officials said the 28-year-old attacker, who was a former student at the school, attacked the children as they were leaving the Mizhi County No. 3 Middle School in Shaanxi province. They said 12 …

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Sitara Wafadar is female, but has spent her life disguised as a boy — forced by her parents to be the son they never had. …

Accusers and supporters of popular U.S. comic actor Bill Cosby reacted emotionally Thursday after a jury in Pennsylvania found him guilty of sexual assault. His supporters cheered him on arrival to the court. His victims shed tears of relief and celebrated victory for all the women who have been sexually abused. His chief accuser, Andrea …

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The leaders of India and China meet Friday amid tensions along their contested border and a rivalry for influence among their smaller neighbors that could determine dominance in Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is to sit down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the central city of Wuhan at the start of two days …

Read more “Asian Rivals China, India Open Two Days of Talks”

Kim Jong Un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot on South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Kim crossed the heavily fortified demarcation line on April 27 to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is hosting him at a summit to discuss denuclearization of …

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Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian has dismissed any compromise with the ruling Republican Party (HHK) and claimed he is the only legitimate candidate for the prime minister’s post, after the parliament said it would elect the next prime minister on May 1 following the resignation of Serzh Sarkisian this week in the face of continuous …

Read more “Pashinian Rules Out Compromise, Meets With President”

Newly sworn in Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is already on his first trip as the chief U.S. diplomat, headed first to a NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, and then to the Middle East. He boarded a plane just a couple of hours after his confirmation vote in the Senate. VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine …

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A high court in Pakistan has removed and debarred the country’s foreign minister from holding public office for life for concealing his foreign assets. The verdict announced Thursday against deposed Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif came nine months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on similar grounds. A three-judge panel …

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When French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife arrived in Washington Monday for a lavish, three-day state visit, political observers across the world were watching to see signs of the much acclaimed “bromance” between him and U.S. President Donald Trump. The two men did not disappoint. Their long handshakes and embraces that were seen during …

Read more “Trump’s Body Language with Macron, Merkel Tell Different Stories”

Once they fought each other, but now they’re all in the same army. Muslims, Croats, and Serbs serve together in the Bosnian military, which accommodates the religious practices of the country’s three main faiths. …

President Donald Trump often likes to point out how different he is from his White House predecessors in terms of style and substance. But it is unlikely any past president would envy the legal challenges facing Trump, from the Russia investigation to Stormy Daniels to the scrutiny law enforcement is giving his personal lawyer, Michael …

Read more “Scrutiny of Trump Lawyer Cohen Adds to President’s Distractions”

Taliban insurgents have ambushed and killed the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Logar Province, police say. …

Iranian authorities have canceled a license that allowed local internet providers to host content by the popular messaging app Telegram. …

French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his three-day state visit to Washington on Wednesday with an address to a joint meeting of Congress, citing the strong historical bonds and common interests shared by U.S. and France, as well as some significant differences. As VOA’s Jeff Custer reports from Washington, Macron argued against scrapping the 2015 …

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A spokesman for Ukraine’s soccer federation has said the organization will skip a meeting of world soccer’s governing body scheduled to be held in Moscow this summer. …

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