VOA has reach around the world, with programming in a slew of African, Asian and European languages, including Somali, Dari and French. It receives US funding but is generally considered a ...

Washington (AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed election denier Kari Lake to be the new director of Voice of America, the state-funded international media organization.

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Taliban officials report that at least 46 people were killed in Barmal, a remote mountainous district of Paktika, because of overnight aerial bombing that allegedly was conducted by Pakistan ...

A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people according to a provisional toll, the government said on Monday. The ...

"He is excited and really looking forward to the trip," Frances Brown, senior director for African affairs at the National Security Council, told VOA at the White House. "I think the president ...

An Afghan environment official on Sunday said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban officials attended for the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a ...

“That's the A+ project, but I don’t see a whole lot of other projects,” Schneidman told VOA. The PGI’s other project, the Luzon Corridor, was launched in April to support connectivity ...

He told VOA his younger brother, Haile Workineh, was among the nine victims. "The perpetrators called him from his house and later killed him at a nearby river alongside others," Workineh said in ...