In Uganda’s Capital, Huawei Adds Cameras Capable of Facial Recognition

In Uganda’s Capital, Huawei Adds Cameras Capable of Facial Recognition

Lawmakers in the United States have long been wary of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. They say the corporation is unlike...

Iranian Oil Tanker Remains Off Gibraltar Despite Court Ruling

Iranian Oil Tanker Remains Off Gibraltar Despite Court Ruling

VOA Persian’s Katherine Ahn contributed to this report.An Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff off the coast of the...

30th Anniversary of Berlin Wall’s Tumble Prompts Democracy Debate

30th Anniversary of Berlin Wall’s Tumble Prompts Democracy Debate

Thirty years ago, the Iron Curtain dividing Europe lifted.  Next week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Hungary to commemorate...

Trump Not First US President Who Wants Greenland

Trump Not First US President Who Wants Greenland

The government of Greenland is dismissing the idea that the island is for sale, following media reports that U.S. President...

Google Employees Call for Pledge Not to Work With ICE

Google Employees Call for Pledge Not to Work With ICE

Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

17 Chinese, Ukrainian Seamen Kidnapped off Cameroon Coast

17 Chinese, Ukrainian Seamen Kidnapped off Cameroon Coast

Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted Thursday when two merchant vessels came under attack in Cameroonian waters in...

Iranian Oil Tanker Freed by Gibraltar Despite US Appeal

Iranian Oil Tanker Freed by Gibraltar Despite US Appeal

Updated Aug. 15, 8:20 p.m. VOA Persian’s Katherine Ahn contributed to this report.The British overseas territory of Gibraltar turned back U.S....

US Diplomat: Dodik Rhetoric Undermining Bosnian Government Deal

US Diplomat: Dodik Rhetoric Undermining Bosnian Government Deal

This story originated in VOA’s Bosnian Service. WASHINGTON — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer says the U.S....

Exclusive: North Macedonia President Says ‘Vital Institutions’ Failing

Exclusive: North Macedonia President Says ‘Vital Institutions’ Failing

This story originated in FILE – Public prosecutor Katica Janeva, right, takes an oath in Skopje, Macedonia, Sept. 16, 2015.EU...

Iranian Oil Tanker Allowed to Leave Gibraltar Despite US Appeal

Iranian Oil Tanker Allowed to Leave Gibraltar Despite US Appeal

Gibraltar media is reporting that the government has decided to release the Grace 1 Iranian supertanker after receiving formal written...

France Honors Allied Veterans of World War II Landings

France Honors Allied Veterans of World War II Landings

French President Emmanuel Macron is celebrating U.S. and African veterans as well as French resistance fighters who took part in...

UK Labour’s Plan to Stop No-Deal Brexit Gets Mixed Reception

UK Labour’s Plan to Stop No-Deal Brexit Gets Mixed Reception

Britain’s fractious opposition politicians are giving a mixed reception to a plan by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to block...

Emotional Paris Ceremony Near Notre Dame for Assumption Day

Emotional Paris Ceremony Near Notre Dame for Assumption Day

Catholic pilgrims have held an emotional procession past fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral, singing and parading with a statue of the...

Concerns Mount Over Proposed Albanian  Media Law

Concerns Mount Over Proposed Albanian  Media Law

This story originated in VOA’s Albanian Service. TIRANA, ALBANIA – Press freedom advocates and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...

Norway’s First Electric Plane Crash-Lands on Lake

Norway’s First Electric Plane Crash-Lands on Lake

Norway’s first battery-powered aircraft crash-landed on a lake on Wednesday, in a setback for the country’s aviation strategy, although police...

Russia Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers to Region Facing Alaska

Russia Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers to Region Facing Alaska

Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as...

Ugandan Online Publishers Criticize Registration as Political Control

Ugandan Online Publishers Criticize Registration as Political Control

Ugandan social media influencers and news organizations are critical of a new requirement announced last week that all commercial online...

Teenage Activist Greta Takes Climate Campaign To The High Seas

Teenage Activist Greta Takes Climate Campaign To The High Seas

With the wind in her hair and TV cameras pointing at her, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg began a trans-Atlantic crossing...

Former Child Prostitute Inspires as Computer Programming Teacher

Former Child Prostitute Inspires as Computer Programming Teacher

Marieme Jamme was trafficked from Senegal to France at the age of 13 to work as a prostitute. Later, she...

Russian Scientists Face Curbs on Meetings with Foreigners

Russian Scientists Face Curbs on Meetings with Foreigners

Russian scientists are raising the alarm about new Soviet-style restrictions on interactions with foreign colleagues.The science newspaper Troitsky Variant on...

FSB Raids Offices Of Moscow-Based Human Rights Group

FSB Raids Offices Of Moscow-Based Human Rights Group

Agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) have raided the offices of Russia Justice Initiative (RJI), a human rights group...

UNHCR Warns Migrant Boats Facing Storms Need Safe Haven

UNHCR Warns Migrant Boats Facing Storms Need Safe Haven

The U.N. refugee agency warns that time is running out for more than 500 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea...