A Nigerian investigative reporter has spent more than one week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the country's cybercrime laws, his employer said, in a case that press freedom groups have condemned as an affront to media freedoms.
WASHINGTON— U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks Monday at the White House with the situation in Gaza likely high on the agenda.
TEL AVIV — Israeli police Sunday raided a hotel room used by Qatari-owned TV station Al Jazeera as its de facto office after Israel’s decision to shut down the network’s local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told the Reuters news agency.
Eighty-five villagers were killed in December when Nigerian military mistook them for criminal gangs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether there is an agreement with Hamas for a cease-fire and release of hostages held in Gaza.
WASHINGTON —Burkina Faso has temporarily suspended the programs of Voice of America and BBC/Africa following the broadcast of news stories about a Human Rights Watch report accusing the Burkinabè army of abuses against civilian populations.
As the legislative branch of the United States government, Congress is responsible for proposing and passing the nation’s laws. But in recent years, fewer and fewer laws have been making their way to the president’s desk to be signed.
WASHINGTON —Former tabloid publisher David Pecker told a jury at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York on Tuesday that the future U.S. president summoned him to an August 2015 meeting to see how Pecker could “help the campaign.”
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that world donors have pledged $2.1 billion to help relieve the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Sudan.
An Israeli teen who disappeared Friday was found dead Saturday in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli authorities said he was killed in a “terrorist attack.”
As Palestinians marked the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Israel on Monday reported carrying out attacks across the Gaza Strip.
Construction could take up to two months to increase aid to famished Palestinians
Speech comes amid reelection campaign, push for congressional action on security aid
The Palestinian death toll from the more than three months of fighting in Israel has passed the 25,000 mark, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday.
The Lebanese militia group Hezbollah said it launched more than 60 rockets at a Israeli military base Saturday.
The U.N. Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss security in the Red Sea following a series of attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants on vessels in the key waterway.
Several killed, dozens injured in Kyiv, Kharkiv
Israel carried out airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with residents reporting heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in central and southern Gaza.
On December 31, New Yorkers and tourists from around the world will flock to Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebration. Elena Wolf had a look at how the city prepares for the big event in this story narrated by Anna Rice. VOA footage by Max Avloshenko and Elena Matusovsky.
The United Nations Security Council met Friday to address Russia's "most massive aerial attack" across Ukraine since the beginning of the war in February 2022, launching 122 missiles and dozens of drones, according to Ukrainian officials.
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