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Dutch Prime Minister: F-16s for Ukraine to Arrive in Romania Within Two Weeks

Dutch Prime Minister: F-16s for Ukraine to Arrive in Romania Within Two Weeks

The first U.S.-made F-16 combat aircraft the Netherlands is donating to Ukraine will arrive in Romania’s training center within two...

Israel Pulls Diplomats From Turkey as Erdogan Ramps Up Hamas Support

Israel Pulls Diplomats From Turkey as Erdogan Ramps Up Hamas Support

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ramping up his support of Hamas, prompting Israel to withdraw its diplomats. In a...

Somalia Welcomes First Foreign Bank Branch in Over Half-Century

Somalia Welcomes First Foreign Bank Branch in Over Half-Century

A leading Turkish bank, Ziraat Katilim, has opened a branch in Mogadishu, becoming the first foreign bank to operate in...

Musk Pulls Plug on Paying for X Factchecks

Musk Pulls Plug on Paying for X Factchecks

Elon Musk has said that corrections to posts on X would no longer be eligible for payment as the social...

Putin Calls Meeting After Mob Storms Airport іn Dagestan Looking for Israelis оn Plane From Tel Aviv

Putin Calls Meeting After Mob Storms Airport іn Dagestan Looking for Israelis оn Plane From Tel Aviv

Russian President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of top security and law enforcement officials on Monday, the day after a...

China and Russia Take Aim at US at Chinese Military Forum 

China and Russia Take Aim at US at Chinese Military Forum 

Chinese and Russian military chiefs targeted the United States for criticism at a security forum in Beijing on Monday, even...

Putin Ally Warns EU Against Seizing Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Putin Ally Warns EU Against Seizing Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Russia would likely confiscate the assets of European Union countries, if the bloc takes frozen Russian funds to finance Ukraine’s...

Trade Tops Agenda as Germany’s Scholz Meets Nigerian Leader on West Africa Trip

Trade Tops Agenda as Germany’s Scholz Meets Nigerian Leader on West Africa Trip

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Sunday as part of a West Africa tour as...

On Turkey’s Birthday, Erdogan Honors Secular Founder, Touts His Islamic-Rooted Party

On Turkey’s Birthday, Erdogan Honors Secular Founder, Touts His Islamic-Rooted Party

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to stand up to “imperialist powers” as he led Turkish centenary celebrations in...

Crowd Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Region to Protest Flight From Israel

Crowd Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Region to Protest Flight From Israel

Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to...

Death Toll Rises to 42 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh Mine Fire 

Death Toll Rises to 42 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh Mine Fire 

The death toll from a fire at a mine owned by ArcelorMittal in Kazakhstan rose to 42 people on Sunday...

Russia Shoots Down 36 Drones Overnight  

Russia Shoots Down 36 Drones Overnight  

Russia said Sunday that it shot down 36 drones overnight over the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine, which...

Zelenskyy: Saturday Date for Malta Summit ‘Very Symbolic’

Zelenskyy: Saturday Date for Malta Summit ‘Very Symbolic’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily address Saturday that it was “very symbolic” that the Malta summit was...

Hepatitis Outbreak Closes Schools, Hospitalizes Scores in Ukraine

Hepatitis Outbreak Closes Schools, Hospitalizes Scores in Ukraine

Schools will move to an online regime starting Monday in Ukraine’s central city of Vinnytsia after a hepatitis A outbreak...

Malta Hosts Fresh Round of Ukraine-Backed Peace Talks

Malta Hosts Fresh Round of Ukraine-Backed Peace Talks

A third round of Ukrainian-backed peace talks opened in Malta on Saturday with representatives from more than 60 countries but...

King Charles to Visit Kenya; Colonial Past, Climate Will Lead Agenda

King Charles to Visit Kenya; Colonial Past, Climate Will Lead Agenda

Britain’s King Charles III begins a four-day tour of Kenya on Tuesday, his first trip to Africa since becoming king...

Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Global Cities to Support Palestinians

Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Global Cities to Support Palestinians

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallied in cities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia on Saturday to show support...

Musk Says Starlink to Provide Connectivity in Gaza

Musk Says Starlink to Provide Connectivity in Gaza

Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX’s Starlink will support communication links in Gaza with “internationally recognized aid organizations.” A...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Oct. 22-28

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Oct. 22-28

Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA...

Investigation: 400,000 May Have Suffered Sexual Abuse from Spain’s Clergy, Lay People

Investigation: 400,000 May Have Suffered Sexual Abuse from Spain’s Clergy, Lay People

As many as 400,000 people are estimated to have suffered sexual abuse from Spain’s Catholic clergy and lay people, according...

Serbian Police Detain 6 People After Deadly Shooting Near Hungary Border

Serbian Police Detain 6 People After Deadly Shooting Near Hungary Border

Serbian police have arrested six people and seized automatic weapons after a shooting between migrants near the country’s tense border...

Ukrainian Pro-Russian Entrepreneur Latest Victim in String of Attacks

Ukrainian Pro-Russian Entrepreneur Latest Victim in String of Attacks

Ukrainian pro-Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tsaryov was shot twice and seriously wounded late Thursday in Russian-annexed Crimea where he lives, his...