Despite fading from the headlines, the Syrian civil war is far from over. Rebel militaries and families on the front lines say that the war is getting deadlier and more intense as it approaches its thirteenth anniversary.
People in Mombasa, a predominantly Muslim coastal city.Amid hard economic times, Kenya observes the holy month of Ramadan.
More than 13,400 children have lost their lives in Gaza since the war with Israel started on October 7, according to the Ministry of Health, which is affliated with Hamas.Palestinian leaders are concerned about the long-term impact of the war on the children of Gaza and have almost completely frozen the education system.
Two decades after the disappearance of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, his case continues to reverberate in Thailand.Somchai’s abduction from a Bangkok Street sparked a long campaign for stricter anti-torture legislation – which was finally passed in 2022
Speaking during the press conference on “The Power of Inclusion: Afghan Women and Regional Prosperity” is Asila Wardak, a former director general of UN affairs in the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since residents of the city are fleeing and relief workers are unable to continue providing food distribution and other basic services, gang violence in Port-au Prince, the capital of Haiti, is getting worse.VOA Creole reporter Jacquelin Belizaire has the latest on what brought about the spike in violence and the international community’s response to it.
There are signs that public opinion is turning against execution, even as some US states explore new methods to carry out the death penalty. As international calls to abolish the death penalty rise, VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias looks at the arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States.
Videos have emerged on social media in recent days that appear to show junta personnel providing military training to ethnic Muslim Rohingyas at a site in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, amid reports of forced recruitment around the country.
Attacks and threats against the media are increasing on a global scale, and experts say that female journalists are particularly vulnerable to harassment. Many refuse to be silenced despite the risks.
Prices for several essential food items continue to rise in Bangladesh ahead of Ramadan, with consumers mostly blaming the government for not keeping costs in check in time for the Islamic fasting month that begins next week.