Bangladesh’s new police chief is a U.S.-sanctioned former head of the elite security unit Rapid Action Battalion, which Washington also sanctioned last December saying it was responsible for serious human rights abuses
The eastern United States is getting ready for fall as Monarch butterflies get ready to migrate to Mexico for the winter. However, the science is still inconclusive. Conservationists worry that farming and climate change are endangering monarch butterflies
UnitedAn asylum-seeker from Colombia who had just arrived in Washington, D.C., spoke with VOA about the difficulties he had after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as migrants from Texas and Arizona continue to arrive there. This is the second episode of a two-part series by immigration reporter Aline Barros and VOA’s Divalizď Cash, who also narrates the story
About 30 cultural artefacts from Cambodia were returned to their country of origin following a thorough joint investigation by the United States and Cambodia.Some of the people who looted the artefacts actually helped in bringing some of them back to the Southeast Asian country
Karina Lipsman is running for a seat in US House,born in Ukraine.She doesn’t hesitate in criticising President Biden for high rates of crime, increased gas prices, and high inflation. She also feels that his administration hasn’t done everything possible to stop the conflict in her native Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced questions from student journalists on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, including why the US deals with countries like Saudi Arabia, which is accused of killing journalists, while condemning others like Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela for threatening press freedom
Following the nation’s second-worst mass school shooting this week, lawmakers in the United States will vote on whether to impose stricter background checks on gun sales on ThursdayGun
A prominent Chinese democracy activist in exile has been indicted on spying charges in the United States alongside four intelligence officers, suggesting successful infiltration of exile groups by China’s state security police
Thailand has made no progress in the past year in its efforts to combat human trafficking, especially of migrant workers, a global seafood industry watchdog said in a report released Thursday
Ukraine has been on high alert for the past eight years, fearful of Russian intervention on its soil. Many citizens have sought military training to be prepared in the event of a conflict as a result of the fear and stress