Spanish Court Grants Bail to Soccer Star Dani Alves While Appealing Rape Conviction
BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish court decided Wednesday that Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves could leave prison if he pays a...
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to Step Down
LONDON — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country’s first gay and first biracial leader, announced Wednesday...
West Eyes New Measures After Passage of Hong Kong Security Law
Taipei, Taiwan — Hong Kong’s adoption of a second national security law Tuesday is being criticized by foreign governments, while some...
China, Not Russia, Still Tops List of Threats to US
WASHINGTON — Russia’s war in Ukraine — portrayed by top U.S. officials as posing a danger to the United States itself...
Secretary of Defense: ‘United States Will Not Let Ukraine Fail’
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the United States remains determined to provide Ukraine with the resources to fight Russian...
Russia’s Election Monitor Calls Presidential Elections ‘Imitation’
The independent election watchdog group Golos called last week’s Russian balloting an “imitation” of an election. President Vladimir Putin won...
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Hit Russia’s Oil Revenues
London — A recent series of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes targeting Russian oil refineries has significantly hurt Moscow’s processing capacity,...
IOC Excludes Russian and Belarusian Athletes From Taking Part in the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening...
Turkey Looks to Russia, China for Nuclear Power Expansion
Turkey says it is preparing to bring its first nuclear power plant online this year. It’s a Russian-built reactor and...
Austin: ‘United States Will Not Let Ukraine Fail’
Ramstein, Germany — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the United States remains determined to provide Ukraine with the resources it...
Q&A: TikTok Owner Is Essentially ‘Subsidiary’ of China’s Communist Party, US Lawmaker Says
washington — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill March 13 that, if enacted into law, would give ByteDance, the...
US Says NKorea Shipped 10,000 Containers of Munitions to Russia
Jung Pak, the U.S. Senior Official for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, told VOA on Monday that there have...
Austin Hosts First In-Person Ukraine Defense Contact Group of 2024
Ramstein, Germany — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is in Germany to build upon the international community’s military support for Ukraine,...
VOA Interview | US Says NKorea Shipped 10,000 Containers of Munitions to Russia
STATE DEPARTMENT — The United States disclosed Monday that North Korea has dispatched at least 10,000 containers loaded with military munitions...
EU Adopts Act to Safeguard Media
washington — The European Parliament has adopted a media freedom act designed to protect journalists and their work from political and...
US, Japan Urge Nations Not to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Orbit
WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan on Monday proposed a U.N. Security Council resolution stressing that nations should comply with...
