This is VOA News. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Rescue crews have found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fi...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he will pardon nine imprisoned Catalan separatists who've been charged with sedition over their roles in a 2017 referendum on Catalan independence. The announcement came during a speech in Catalonia...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. Thousands of Japanese companies began the rollout of their workplace vaccine programs Monday, inoculating company workers and their families. Some of the companies had been critical of what they said...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Diane Roberts. Bahrain Sunday rejected a U.N. report calling for the release of two men facing the death penalty which cited claims their murder convictions were based on confessions extracted by torture. In July las...
President Biden on Tuesday announced his nominees for ambassadors to Israel, Mexico and NATO as he moves to strengthen U.S. alliances in tough regions. Among a slate of names announced by the White House on Tuesday were Thomas Nides, a Morgan Stanley...
The U.S. government has put an end to two Trump administration policies that made it harder for Central American migrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum. AP's Jackie Quinn reports. There's a new policy for judges announced by Attorney General...
This is VOA News. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin held their first summit on Wednesday, with both men saying the talks were constructive and straightforward. We get more from AP's Sagar Meghani. In Geneva,...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden meets with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time in Geneva Wednesday amid deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Russia. The meeting takes place in...
Israel's new government on Monday approved a contentious parade by Israeli nationalists through Palestinian areas around Jerusalem's Old City. It sets the stage for possible renewed confrontations just weeks after an 11-day war with Hamas militants i...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday he would lay down red lines to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at their upcoming meeting after rallying NATO allies to face up to challenges from Moscow. Sp...
The court trying ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony on Monday more than four months after a military coup that deposed her democratically elected government. The military junta that brought down the government Februa...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Brussels for two days of summit with leaders from the NATO military alliance and the European Union. He arrived Sunday from Britain, where he had his first stop...
United Nations judges have rejected former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic's appeal of his 2017 conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity - a ruling that will keep him in prison for the rest of his life. Mladic, who is...
This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. Pakistan has formally conveyed to the United States that Islamabad will not provide military bases to Washington for counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after all international troops exit tha...
In a nationwide address Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the federal government would take a larger role in obtaining vaccines for Indian states. He said the government of India will buy 75 percent of the total vaccine production from...