VOA News A Brazilian judge ordered Wednesday that American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen not leave the country, stating that they gave conflicting testimonies regarding a robbery earlier this week. Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers said they were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday by thieves posing as police officers who stopped their […]Load more...
Jill Craig NAIROBI — South Sudanese troops gang-raped, beat, and robbed aid workers, specifically targeting Americans, at a hotel compound in Juba on July 11, according to an Associated Press report published Monday. Witnesses interviewed by the news agency said soldiers carried out mock executions and forced the foreigners to watch as they killed a local […]Load more...
GENEVA — The United Nations is condemning an attack Monday by the Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in Yemen that local health officials report has left 18 people dead and another 18 wounded. The rural hospital in northwestern Yemen was supported by the charity, Doctors Without Borders. The attack on the Abs Hospital in Hajjah governorate […]Load more...
Sharon Behn VOA News IRBIL, IRAQ — Up to a million people are trapped in the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul. As Iraqi, Kurdish and tribal forces close in, men, women and children are expected to come flooding out. Protecting them will be one of the largest, most complex humanitarian operations in the world. Kurdish forces […]Load more...
Wayne Lee Opponents of the Islamic State group outnumber the extremists’ supporters on Twitter, although those who are pro-IS are more active on the social media channel, a Rand Corporation study said. The nonprofit research organization’s study found that IS opponents outnumber supporters 6-to-1 on Twitter, even though the extremist group reputedly has found Twitter […]Load more...
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U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats are calling on Republicans to hold an emergency session of Congress to address the Zika virus and other pressing issues. Pelosi told reporters at a Thursday news conference on Capitol Hill that the administration of President Barack Obama may shift more money to […]Load more...
VOA NEWS A Canadian man previously held on suspicion of terrorist ties was killed in a taxicab in Ontario while on his way to detonate an explosive in a public place, police said Thursday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commander Jennifer Strachan told reporters that Aaron Driver, 24, set off the device in the taxicab Wednesday […]Load more...
VOA NEWS American Simone Biles is now officially the best gymnast in the world. Biles on Thursday won the women’s individual all-around contest, while her teammate Aly Raisman took the silver medal. Russian Aliya Mustafina took the bronze. The 19-year-old Biles is now the fourth-straight American woman to win the all-around title and fifth overall, […]Load more...
VOA NEWS Wednesday marked the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it proved to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA continued its dominance in swim events Wednesday with Ledecky winning another gold medal and Phelps […]Load more...
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