The Group of Seven (G-7) rich nations is set to agree on establishing a new program to distribute vaccines to developing countries at next week’s summit of leaders, Japan’s Yomiuri…

Driving through the city of Hatay in Turkey is like touring a war zone in the months after a battle. Some apartment buildings are gutted, others are massive piles of…

The family of a Frenchman released this week after he had been jailed by Iran said on Saturday he was “relieved” to be back in France. On Friday, Benjamin Briere,…

New developments: Germany says it is preparing a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $3 billion, reportedly the nation’s largest package since Russia invaded its neighbor last year. Russia says…

Sprinkle the sequins and pump up the volume: The 67th Eurovision Song Contest reaches its climax on Saturday with a grand final broadcast live from Liverpool. There will be catchy…

A senior adviser to the Biden administration and other experts say that deepening cooperation between China and Russia could overturn decades of stable international nuclear arms control. Pranay Vaddi, the…

Troops from Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged fire with weapons including mortars and drones on their joint border Friday, killing one soldier from each side two days before top-level talks on…

Experts from the United States and several other countries will begin working with Ukrainian counterparts within weeks to collect evidence and identify individuals involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine who…

European Union ministers on Friday backed reducing the bloc’s economic dependence on China but will now have to figure out how to make that a reality, foreign policy chief Josep…

Serbia’s populist leader has sharply denounced opposition plans to block a key bridge and motorway in Belgrade on Friday to press their demands in the wake of last week’s mass…

A war of words is brewing between the U.S. and South Africa after the U.S. ambassador to the country said he would “bet his life” on U.S. intelligence that South…

A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace them with grape vines, fruit trees and vegetables was named the 2023 World Food…

Serbian citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a monthlong amnesty period that is part of an anti-gun crackdown following two mass shootings…

Italy is having second thoughts on renewing a controversial investment pact with China. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal was on the table during May 5 talks in Rome…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his biggest electoral challenge Sunday with a country recovering from deadly earthquakes, an economic crisis and a united opposition under the leadership of Kemal…

Britain is reportedly preparing to designate the Wagner group – a Russian private army that is deeply involved in the invasion of Ukraine – as a terrorist organization. The European…

New developments: Support for Ukraine on agenda as G-7 finance ministers meet in Japan. British Defense Ministry says Russia likely added up to 10,000 prisoners to those recruited to fight…

In April 2022, a Russian rocket hit a train station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing dozens and wounding more than 100. What became clear at the time was…

The number of people internally displaced globally hit a record 71.1 million at the end of last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre….

As Turkey heads to the polls for its momentous elections Sunday, former U.S. ambassadors to Ankara will be monitoring from afar. While the perspectives shaped by their respective tenures in…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned to Huda Par, a radical Islamist party, to consolidate his Kurdish base. But the move is controversial, with the Huda Par accused of…

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Poland’s decision to rename the Russian city of Kaliningrad in its official documents was a “hostile act,” as ties continue to fray over the…

Much of western Europe is dealing with dwindling populations, and the problem is especially severe in Spain, where the government says more than half of the country’s municipalities are in…

Ahead of what may be the most important elections in recent Turkish history, activists say the country’s refugee population is growing increasingly afraid of threats of mass deportations. VOA’s Heather…

United States to provide $1.2 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, including air defenses and ammunition. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “only a matter of time before we can…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s primary challenger in the May 14 elections, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is targeting the Kurdish vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. This marks a turnaround for Kilicdaroglu’s…

Nearly one year into a 3½-year prison term, Georgian journalist Nika Gvaramia says he’s doing OK. “I’m good. I met all this very prepared,” he told VOA from a prison…

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria will hold their first official meeting on Wednesday since the start of Syrian civil war more than a decade ago, officials said.  The…

Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961.  The State Meteorological Agency, known by the Spanish acronym AEMET, said Monday that the…

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are to meet next week in Brussels, the European Union said Monday, the latest attempt to secure a durable peace accord and resolve long-standing…