The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on Thursday after months of internal bickering and said the only…
The U.N. human rights chief says she is “deeply worried” the new U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s regime are too broad and will make things worse for the suffering population. Michelle…
Uganda’s Para-Badminton team is preparing for the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, later this month. The team has the second-highest ranked player in Africa and aims to compete at the…
As Americans reflect on two mass shootings that claimed 31 lives last weekend, they’re asking how to stop the carnage. Researchers at a Los Angeles center devoted to tolerance say…
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is urging the nation to back his government’s efforts to defeat militants, saying it’s the mission of every Egyptian. Wednesday’s appeal came after a car…
The moment I entered Fort Monroe, I sensed the history of these grounds. The sprawling fort sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, Virginia. Its high granite…
U.S. President Donald Trump says South Korea has agreed to “substantially” increase its share of the cost of the U.S. troop presence in South Korea. “South Korea has agreed to…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will visit Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, where a combined 31 people were killed over a span of 24 hours last weekend in…
A Marine veteran struggling with PTSD and a woman fighting cancer became some of the first people to purchase medical marijuana in Louisiana on Tuesday, as the state became the…
Barneys New York is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest retailer to buckle as shoppers move online. The iconic clothier founded almost a century ago will keep the…
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton on Monday warned China and Russia not to double down in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying Venezuela might not repay its debt…
Uruguay on Monday issued a warning to its citizens traveling to the United States after two mass shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio. In…
The U.S. government has determined that China is manipulating its currency, and will engage with the International Monetary Fund to eliminate unfair competition from Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin…
This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service. WASHINGTON — Washington-based lobbying firm Signal Group Consulting has filed documentation of services it provided to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington between…
Three top politicians in Indian Kashmir have been placed under house arrest and strict security measures have been ordered in the region where tensions have sparked after the government ordered…
A pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the Saturday and Sunday have dragged two of the most divisive issues in American politics — the rise of violent…
Pope Francis is offering prayers for the dead and the injured in three U.S. mass shootings this week. Francis told a crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly…
High-ranking Polish politicians used a side door to get to the VIP section of Sowa & Przyjaciele, a posh Warsaw restaurant. Sealed off from other patrons, government ministers and lawmakers felt…
Updated Aug. 4, 9:20 a.m. Police in Dayton, in the midwestern U.S. state of Ohio, say a gunman has killed nine people and wounded dozens of others. Dayton police said…
For one intense week, 40 boys and 20 girls from 29 African countries were chosen for a highly selective program to train with current and former players from the National…
Police in El Paso, Texas, said Saturday that they were responding to an active- shooter situation at a shopping mall. There was no immediate word on whether there had…
The Senate of Puerto Rico is set to hold public hearings Monday on the nomination of veteran politician Pedro Pierluisi to replace embattled former governor Ricardo Rossello, who resigned as…
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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican reporter in Guerrero state who also served as a municipal official was shot and killed Friday in a beachside resort, authorities said, the second journalist…
Hopes by small aviation museum in southwestern Iowa that a stamp in its possession was rare enough to parlay into a fortune crashed Friday when experts told them it wasn’t…
BOSTON — Authorities said Friday that they were looking to toxicology reports for clues to the death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of assassinated U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. …
Reuters contributed to this report. HYANNIS PORT, Mass. — Robert F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, has died, the family announced Thursday night. The Kennedy family’s statement followed reports of a…
Updated on Aug. 2, at 2:32 a.m. SEOUL — Japan has removed South Korea from a list of its preferred trading partners, a major escalation in a trade dispute rooted…
Leading U.N. agencies are urging governments to adopt family-friendly policies to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies at home and at work. The World Health Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund…
Some of the Democratic presidential contenders dug in their heels with unsupported rhetoric about immigration, the economy and more Wednesday night as they scrambled to stay in contention for the…