Analysts observing political developments in Niger report that economic sanctions imposed on the West African nation by the ECOWAS bloc and Western nations have driven up food prices nationwide and could eventually lead to food insecurity.
Despite the fact that China fully opened its doors to foreign visitors in March, the number of tourists there is still just a small fraction of what it was before to the coronavirus pandemic. Reporting from London, Henry Ridgwell on why vacationers are reluctant to return.
IRANIn our society, older adults live longer and do more in their latter years. Many politicians are holding onto their positions well past the normal retirement age. VOA’s Senior Washington Correspondent Carolyn Presutti explores the ages of current world leaders in the context with the fact that the United States is facing two of the country’s oldest front-runners for president.
India became the first country to land an unmanned lander and a robotic probe on the south pole of the moon on Wednesday. According to experts, the mission represents a significant turning point in the country’s efforts to emerge on the front lines of space exploration.
The Mozambique National Institute of Statistics recently released a study that found four out of ten women were married before becoming 18 years old. The illegal practice is hard to stop and dangerous for those who try to escape their situation.
India has pushed back at least 300 hundred Burmese refugees who spilled across the border while fleeing fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebel forces, forcing them to shelter in makeshift tents near the border, refugees and aid workers said.
Israel opened a high-tech hub with the aim of increasing employment opportunities for Palestinians as part of a five-year development plan for East Jerusalem. It is the first step in a larger program to transform East Jerusalem into a local version of California’s Silicon Valley.
Russian forces are pounding the city of Kupiansk in the northeast while Ukrainian forces begin their counteroffensive in the south.Families evacuate the city under attack and soldiers prepare for battle.
After a Muslim mob attacked churches and homes belonging to the Christian community in the city of Jaranwala in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, authorities in that country have arrested at least 170 people.The attack came as allegations of desecration of the Quran by two Christian men emerged Wednesday, August 16.However, some attack victims say they may never feel safe again as residents return to secenes of destruction and officials step up efforts to restore
A prominent U.S.-based Uyghur activist said he learned this week that his father died seven months ago in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, though the circumstances of his death remain unclear.