The phrase ‘don’t mix politics and sport’ is often heard in Moscow these days. But it’s difficult to escape the unique circumstances of this year’s World Cup. As the tournament…
After two consecutive years of decline, remittances, the money migrant workers send home, increased in 2017 according to figures released by the World Bank. Remittances are a significant financial contribution…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the world’s largest populations of child soldiers. The U.N. Children’s Fund estimates up to 30,000 children are forced to serve various armed…
Oxfam says French border police are mistreating migrant children who are seeking to enter France from Italy, sending them back to Italy in violation of French and European Union law….
World Cup fever hit the United Nations Thursday as ambassadors and staffers gathered to watch the opening match and celebrate the link between peace and sport. Our U.N. Correspondent Margaret…
Meteorologists are forecasting a more active than usual hurricane season as the 2018 season gets underway this month. Although current weather patterns may still change, experts say any American who…
The U.S. Justice Department’s watchdog on Thursday criticized former FBI director James Comey for bypassing long-standing protocols in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation during the 2016 U.S….
When Colombia-born Catalina Cruz stepped toward the podium in Jackson Heights, Queens, officially launching her campaign for New York State Legislature, a few dozen supporters stood nearby with fluorescent blue,…
Like prizefighters slugging it out this week, Italy’s populist leader Matteo Salvini clashed with French President Emmanuel Macron. The immediate cause for the bout was Salvini’s closing of Italian ports…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was freed Thursday after serving a 30-day jail sentence for his role in organizing massive protests against President Vladimir Putin last month. “I’m with you…
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says he has decided to resign after a dispute with the ruling Georgian Dream party. “We’ve had some disagreements with the leader of the ruling…
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that officials are expected to tour vacant military properties to shelter unaccompanied migrant children in tents “at some…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge accepted a plea agreement in a road rage case involving a woman who police say shot and killed a Chinese student at Arizona State…
The president of Portugal will be visiting the White House later this month to meet with President Donald Trump. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa…
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the world “has taken a big step back from potential nuclear disaster.” Kim agreed Tuesday…
Five Russian and three Syrian businessmen were indicted in federal court in Washington Tuesday for alleged money laundering and using a Crimean-based shipping company to send jet fuel to Syria….
The Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents on Tuesday inaugurated a key pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan’s gas fields to Turkish markets and eventually to Europe, part of a wider Southern…
Greece and Macedonia reached a historic settlement Tuesday to their long-simmering dispute over the name Macedonia — shared by the former Yugoslav republic and an ancient region of northern Greece. Under the…
South Koreans expressed joy and concern in response to the denuclearization agreement reached at the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on Tuesday. VOA’s Brian Padden reports from Seoul. …
U.S. President Donald Trump says North Korea is prepared to give up its nuclear arsenal “very quickly.” Trump made the comments in Singapore after meeting with North Korean leader Kim…
The European Central Bank will on Thursday weigh when and how to end its bond-buying stimulus program — an exit that will have far-reaching consequences across the economy, from long-suffering savers…
Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s conviction of the husband of Princess Cristina for fraud and tax evasion, though it acquitted him of forgery and reduced his…
The U.S. sanctioned five Russian entities and three individuals Monday, accusing them of malicious cyber activities to provide material and technological support to Moscow’s intelligence service. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin…
President Donald Trump’s hotel company did not break the law by doing business with other countries, a Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Monday. The state of Maryland and…
A rescue ship run by a European charity is headed to Spain with more than 600 migrants on board after Italy and Malta refused to accept the vessel. Italy’s new…
When Jeremy Randall and Ariam Mohamed set their wedding date for May 5, they knew they would be submitting their new union to an endurance test – of faith. “We…
There will be no Winter Olympics in Switzerland in 2026. Voters in the southern canton of Valais rejected a proposal Sunday to bid on the games that would have been…
The White House is assailing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying he “stabbed us in the back” and undermined U.S. President Donald Trump after Trump left the G-7 economic summit…
After a month of fasting, the holiday of Eid, which marks the end of the fast, is a big celebration for Muslims. Muslim girl scouts in Virginia are helping others…
Four U.S. service members who were wounded in an extremist attack in Somalia that killed one special operations soldier have been treated and discharged, the U.S. military said Saturday. A…