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June 25, 2023
Russia Deal Drops Wagner Chief Charges, Sends Him to Belarus

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who turned his Wagner Group fighters against the military leadership in Moscow, will move to Belarus and the criminal charges against him for mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped, the Kremlin said Saturday.
June 24, 2023
Putin: Promises 'Harsh' Punishment After Wagner Group Rebellion

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wagner Group mercenaries Saturday that armed mutiny is treason and anyone who takes up arms against Russia would be punished.
March 31, 2023
Timeline: Trump's Alleged Hush Money Payments and the Path to Criminal Charges

Here's a timeline of events leading up to the charges
February 22, 2023
Calls Grow Against Media Suspensions in Ethiopia

Calls are growing for Ethiopia to revoke an order that suspended 15 foreign media outlets and a regional journalists' association from operating in the country's eastern Somali Regional State.
February 12, 2023
Turkey Targets Contractors as Death Toll Climbs

Quake death toll now more than 33,000, with 92,000 injured, but some survivors still being rescued
January 30, 2023
Nichols’ Death Revives Calls for US Police Reform

Calls for police reform have been reignited in the U.S. after five police officers in Tennessee were caught on video beating a man who later died. Tyre Nichols, 29, was severely beaten on Jan 7. and died in the hospital three days later.
January 30, 2023
US: Nichols’ Death Revives Calls for Police Reform

Calls for police reform have grown after five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee were caught on video beating a man who later died in hospital. But there isn’t consensus yet among American legislators on to how to prevent more violence particularly on Black Americans. The death of the 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has sparked yet another debate over what his lawyer Ben Crump called an ''implicit bias in police culture in the United States'' as VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.
January 16, 2023
US Marks Martin Luther King Jr Day

On Jan. 16, the U.S. celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a man who embodied the civil rights movement and became an icon in the struggle for equality.
January 15, 2023
Birds of Prey Give Ex-Prisoners New Wings

For years, former prisoner Rodney Stotts said he was living a dead-end life until he began teaching young people about birds of prey and the importance of protecting the environment. Today, he is one of only a couple dozen Black master falconers in the U.S. where his license allows him to work with hawks, falcons, owls, eagles and ospreys. VOA's Maxim Moskalkov caught up with Stotts in Laurel, Maryland.
January 14, 2023
Volunteer Brigade in Odessa Brave Odds to Protect Homeland

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian shells have been a part of daily life in the city of Odesa. But a determined set of locals — from hairdressers to police officers — are fighting back as part of a territorial defense effort. Anna Kosstutschenko reports.
January 11, 2023
India's 'Sinking' Himalayan Town Raises Concerns

In India, hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in a Himalayan town where officials say the land is sinking. The residents of the town in North India have been in panic since cracks developed in hundreds of houses and on many streets. Distressed families in Joshimath have been moving their belongings out of their homes after officials said the land in the area is slowly sinking. Experts say the crisis underlines the risks posed by unsustainable development in a fragile mountain region as Anjana Pasricha reports.
January 09, 2023
What's Next After McCarthy Win's House Speaker?

The gavel is now in the hands of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California after a historic 15th rounds of votes on the night of Friday to Saturday morning. After making concessions to roughly 21 Republican hard-liners in the 118th Congress, the newly-elected Speaker is determined to hit the ground running. First on their stated agenda would be to repeal billions of dollars in funding for additional agents for the Internal Revenue Service which Republicans say would go after middle-income families, something the Treasury Department has refuted. Others include the setting up of committees to probe the U.S's dramatic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the economic competition with China, the origins of the Novel Coronavirus, and what Speaker McCarthy calls ''the weaponization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.'' VOA's Veronica Balderas Iglesias takes a look at what lies ahead.
January 08, 2023
Floating Solar Panels Heating up North America

Solar panels have mushroomed on rooftops and on the ground in many parts of the world. But they also can be placed on bodies of water. VOA’s chief national correspondent Steve Herman reports that the floating solar technology has taken off on a large scale in Asia and Europe and is now beginning to heat up in North America.
January 03, 2023
Analysts Examine Iran, China, Russia Protests

Analysts covering democratic and authoritarian regimes are taking special note of recent protest movements in Iran, China and Russia. They caution that the authoritarian regimes in these three countries are strong, and a certain set of circumstances must line up for dictators to fall. The experts say that protesters in these countries have won policy concessions from their authoritarian regimes, such as China’s recent loosening of COVID-19 restrictions following mass public outcries. But the experts do not expect such disaffection toward state actors to bring down regimes, saying however that protest movements give hope. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has this report.
December 23, 2022
January 6 Report Points Finger at Trump

The committee findings focus on Trump as the driving force behind a conspiracy to overturn a presidential election and the attack on the US Capitol
December 12, 2022
Kenya's Nelly Cheboi Named 'Hero of the Year'

The non-profit teaches computer skills to school children in rural Kenya
December 09, 2022
Brittney Griner Back in the US

Griner was flown to San Antonio and after reuniting with her family will have a medical checkup after her time in a Russian penal colony
December 05, 2022
Guards Massacred 83 Tigrayan Prisoners: Report

A published report says Ethiopian guards and villagers massacred 83 Tigrayan prisoners at a camp in southern Ethiopia last November in what the report calls the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the Tigray war started more than two years ago.
November 26, 2022
Food of Emperors: China’s Appetite for South African Abalone

Abalone has been a luxury food in China since imperial times. Poachers are feeding the country’s appetite for the pricy little mollusk resulting in a drop in the abalone population in South Africa's once-large natural reserves. Reporter Kate Bartlett visited one abalone aquaculture farm in Hermanus, South Africa with more.
November 24, 2022
Refugees Gather in Washington Area to Celebrate Thanksgiving

Refugees from around the world who resettled in the Washington area got together to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in the United States. VOA’s Shahnaz Nafees has the story.

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