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Updated Aug. 4, 5:07 a.m. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Nine people were killed and 16 more were wounded early Sunday morning in…

The United States on Sunday welcomed a cease-fire in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region after months of deadly government bombardments but insisted attacks against civilians must…

An Iranian serving a life sentence on a conviction of designing a pornographic website has fled the country while on short-term release from prison and…

SRINAGAR, INDIA — Thousands of Indian students and visitors were fleeing Indian-controlled Kashmir over the weekend after the government ordered tourists and Hindu pilgrims visiting a…

Russian police detained nearly 200 people Saturday at a Moscow protest against unfair elections, a monitoring group said. The non-governmental group OVD-Info, which monitors arrests,…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that things are going well with China, insisting U.S. consumers are not paying for import taxes he has…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he wants to see American ground-based intermediate-range conventional missiles deployed to Asia. Speaking to reporters on his first…

The United States has pulled out of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in order to develop its own new missiles, after the Russians…

A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people. A 30-foot-long slab of…

A fresh round of U.S.-Taliban peace talks will start in Qatar’s capital Doha Saturday, officials said, describing it to be the “most crucial” phase of…

Hong Kong civil servants and supporters crowded into a public park Friday to join a pro-democracy movement that China’s top diplomat accused Western nations of…

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With farm bankruptcies rising and agricultural debt loads soaring, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill that will make it easier for more farmers with…

 The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot killed in the crash of a fighter jet in the California desert. A Navy statement Friday says the…

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal on Friday to sell more American beef to Europe in what was a modest win for an administration…

CHICAGO — An Illinois state senator has been indicted on federal charges that he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits over a three-year period…

A Ugandan academic who once called the president “a pair of buttocks” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of…

Moscow is bracing for another round of protests as opposition leaders plan to hold demonstrations, possibly on August 10th.  This follows last weekend’s massive police…

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday a move by the United States to impose another round of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning…

VOA’s Margaret Besheer at the United Nations contributed to this report. The United States on Friday pulled out of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…

Gaylen Grandstaff is back at his Moscow home after spending two years in a Russian jail. His crime: buying a cleaning solvent from the Chinese…

It was a year ago that Zimbabwean soldiers gunned down demonstrators protesting the delayed release of election results. A dozen people were killed, and many…

A nascent immigration deal between the United States and Guatemala continued to take shape Thursday, as the U.S. Homeland Security acting secretary visited the impoverished…

President Donald Trump says he is considering a blockade or quarantine of Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro continues to hold power. Trump gave no details…