75 years ago, thousands of American troops were preparing to take part in D-Day – when Allied forces crossed the English Channel from Britain to invade German-occupied France on the beaches of Normandy. They faced ferocious resistance – but ‘Operation Overlord’ was ultimately successful, and Nazi Germany fell eleven months later
Heavy rains caused flooding in southern Tajikistan, destroying homes, roads, and crops… Police formed a cordon in front of Kazakhstan’s presidential palace as dozens of women gathered to demand better social benefits
Cameroon’s forest tribes have long depended on insects to supplement their diets. The palm weevil grub, a fat worm found in palm trees, is such a popular source of protein that it has squirmed from the forest into the villages and even urban restaurants
Rights organizations in Zimbabwe are concerned about what they say is a crackdown against opposition activists by the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. They cite the recent arrest of seven activists who were detained when they returned home from a conference in the Maldives
The allies’ liberation of France in World War Two began with fierce battles on the shores of Normandy. Amid the blood, smoke, and tears, there were stories of love, like the one of Francine Nelson. She met the man of her dreams, an American GI, as the allies liberated Paris. She married him
Kenya is the fifth largest coffee producing country in Africa, but this may change. Coffee farmers in the East African nation are turning to other crops as coffee production is affected by drought and low prices in the international market. For VOA, Mohammed Yusuf reports from Kiambu, Kenya
On June 6th, heads of state including US President Donald Trump will gather at a beach in northern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. In this successful but deadly military operation, thousands of American and other allied soldiers lost their lives in the first phase of a final push to liberate France and the continent from German Nazi occupation
A high school teacher in the state of Minnesota is fasting during the high holy month of Ramadan to show support for his Muslim students
With Zimbabwe’s economy struggling, more businesses are refusing to accept local currency, taking only U.S. dollars. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, even some government agencies have started charging in American currency
Pope Francis arrived in Bucharest on May 31 at the beginning of a three-day pilgrimage to Romania. Thousands of people gathered along the main boulevards of the capital, Bucharest, to see Francis as he made his way to the presidential palace. After meeting with President Klaus Iohannis and the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniel, the pontiff performed a mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral.Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1