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Undocumented Afghan Refugees in Turkey Struggle to Access COVID Treatments, Vaccines

Undocumented Afghan Refugees in Turkey Struggle to Access COVID Treatments, Vaccines

Undocumented Afghan migrants who fled to Turkey to escape the Taliban say they are unable to get treatment and vaccines...

Undocumented Afghan Refugees in Turkey Struggle to Access COVID-19 Treatments, Vaccines

Undocumented Afghan Refugees in Turkey Struggle to Access COVID-19 Treatments, Vaccines

Undocumented Afghan migrants who have fled to Turkey to escape the Taliban say they are unable to access treatment and...

US Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout

US Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout

U.S. cybersecurity officials are still sounding an alarm about the so-called Log4j software vulnerability more than a month after it...

Putin: No More Color Revolutions

Putin: No More Color Revolutions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he will not allow governments allied with Moscow to be toppled in so-called “color...

Spain PM Calls for Europe to Treat COVID-19 as More ‘Endemic’ Illness

Spain PM Calls for Europe to Treat COVID-19 as More ‘Endemic’ Illness

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he plans to ask European officials to consider treating COVID-19 more like an...

What Will Russia’s Putin Settle For in Ukraine Talks?

What Will Russia’s Putin Settle For in Ukraine Talks?

Western policy makers remain as puzzled now as their counterparts were on the eve of the Cold War forty years...

Pope Francis Calls COVID-19 Vaccination Moral Obligation

Pope Francis Calls COVID-19 Vaccination Moral Obligation

Pope Francis Monday said getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is a “moral obligation” as part of caring for the health of...

US, Russia Begin Talks Amid Ukraine Tensions

US, Russia Begin Talks Amid Ukraine Tensions

Diplomats from the United States and Russia met Monday in Geneva, beginning a series of high-level talks this week regarding...

US, Russian Officials Meet to Discuss Ukraine, Regional Security

US, Russian Officials Meet to Discuss Ukraine, Regional Security

U.S. and Russian officials are meeting this week to address the tensions along the Russian-Ukrainian border. Michelle Quinn reports. Video...

US, Russia Express Little Optimism About Talks This Week 

US, Russia Express Little Optimism About Talks This Week 

Top U.S. and Russian diplomats expressed little optimism Sunday that tensions between their countries would be eased at high-level discussions...

Italy Sends Back Parthenon Fragment in Landmark Loan to Greece

Italy Sends Back Parthenon Fragment in Landmark Loan to Greece

Greece this week takes delivery of an ancient fragment that once adorned the Parthenon temple, the country’s most important archeological...

Russia, US on Familiar Ground in Peace Capital Geneva

Russia, US on Familiar Ground in Peace Capital Geneva

Geneva, dubbed the capital of peace, is a favored spot for meetings between the two great post-World War II powers...

Prospects Dim as US, Russia Prepare to Meet Over Ukraine

Prospects Dim as US, Russia Prepare to Meet Over Ukraine

With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake, the United States and Russia are...

EU Under Pressure on ‘Ghost Flights’

EU Under Pressure on ‘Ghost Flights’

The European Union is under increasing pressure to further ease rules on airport take-off and landing slots to cut the...

US, Allies Open to Talk Exercises, Missile Deployments with Russia, Official Says

US, Allies Open to Talk Exercises, Missile Deployments with Russia, Official Says

The United States and allies are prepared to discuss with Russia the possibility of each side restricting military exercises and...

Albanian Police Use Tear Gas as Protesters Storm Party Offices

Albanian Police Use Tear Gas as Protesters Storm Party Offices

Police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday in Tirana as stone-throwing protesters stormed into the headquarters of Albania’s opposition...

Djokovic Challenged Officials on Visa Cancellation, Court Filing Says

Djokovic Challenged Officials on Visa Cancellation, Court Filing Says

Novak Djokovic’s legal challenge to the Australian government’s decision to cancel his visa on arrival this week says a certified...

Indian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse

Indian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse

Six months ago, pilot Hana Khan saw her picture on an app that appeared to be auctioning scores of Muslim...

VOA Exclusive: Ukraine Accuses Iran of Premediated Terrorist Act in 2020 Plane Shootdown

VOA Exclusive: Ukraine Accuses Iran of Premediated Terrorist Act in 2020 Plane Shootdown

Ukraine is sharpening its accusation that Iran played a sinister role in the 2020 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane...

Djokovic Spends Holiday in Detention, Sends Thanks to Supporters

Djokovic Spends Holiday in Detention, Sends Thanks to Supporters

The top men’s tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia...

Russia Lays Out ‘Nonstarter’ Demands Ahead of Talks with US

Russia Lays Out ‘Nonstarter’ Demands Ahead of Talks with US

Talks between U.S. and Russian diplomats will begin Monday in Geneva after a weekslong standoff over Russian troop deployments near...

US, NATO Warn Russia Against More ‘Gaslighting’ on Ukraine

US, NATO Warn Russia Against More ‘Gaslighting’ on Ukraine

The United States is accusing Russia of trying to “gaslight” the world regarding tensions with Ukraine, continually seeking to portray...