Security at the US Capitol is once again under consideration after the second deadly attack on US Capitol Police in less than three months. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports on the tough decisions before US officials as they try to keep the seat of US democracy open to the public
India has been recording the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the world as it grapples with a second wave of the pandemic. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the impact of the massive surge of the virus
North Korea has set up high-voltage electric fences around an important national landmark in a city near the Chinese border, a precaution authorities say is to defend it from would-be vandals opposed to the regime, sources in the country told RFA
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, a newly elected member of Kosovo’s parliament, has broken taboos in the country by speaking about her experience as a survivor of rape during the 1998-99 war
Hundreds of civilians in Myanmar — including activists, members of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and villagers in the ethnic areas being bombed by the army — have gone into hiding
Green-Wood Cemetery in New York – one of the oldest and largest American cemeteries – now has its own artist-in-resident
Asians are a diverse group in the U.S. but they all share a similar response to possible hate crimes
Percentage wise, Lebanon is home to the largest Christian population in the Middle East. As the country struggles in the face of multiple deep crises with no sign of respite, Easter this year offers little to celebrate