VOA News Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the computer networks of about 20 Russian organizations, government agencies and defense contractors have been infected with malware designed for cyber espionage. The virus and the way the networks were infected bear similar characteristics to the software used in high-profile cyber espionage cases in Russia and […]readmore
VOA News Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of pilgrims Sunday in Krakow, Poland to «believe in a new humanity» that does not use borders as roadblocks and rejects hatred for each other. Francis addressed the congregants, who had traveled from all over the world, on a large field on the last of his five […]readmore
VOA News Iraqi officials say militants have launched two attacks on energy facilities in northern Iraq, killing at least five people. Both assaults Sunday took place in inside Kurdish-controlled areas of Kirkuk province. Authorities say in the first attack about 15 kilometer northwest of Kirkuk, gunmen shot dead four of the gas facility’s employees and […]readmore
VOA News Turkey intensified its crackdown Sunday on officials who allegedly played a role in the failed coup in mid-July, dismissing nearly 1,400 military personnel. Among those discharged was a top aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also moved to tighten his grip over the top ranks of the country’s armed forces and spy […]readmore
VOA News – Carla Babb PENTAGON—Syrian state media report dozens of families have been fleeing the besieged city Aleppo after government forces opened a humanitarian corridor. The city had been sealed off for weeks as Syrian forces bombarded the city. U.N. officials and aid groups have demanded the Syrian government open routes to the city […]readmore
Ken Schwartz Humanitarian aid corridors in and out of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo must be made safe, and no one should be forced to leave the city, the U.N. aid chief said Thursday. Stephen O’Brien was reacting to a Russian proposal for four corridors to evacuate civilians and fighters who want to give […]readmore
VOA News Hai Yan An 18-year-old North Korean man who went to Hong Kong to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad took refuge in the South Korean consulate there Wednesday, according to local news media. As a precautionary measure, the South Korean Consulate General, located in the Far East Finance Centre, asked Hong Kong authorities […]readmore
Fatima Tlisova With a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, scheduled for August, anxiety is high among one particular group of asylum-seekers in Turkey. Thousands of Russian-speaking Muslims fear a potential improvement in Turkish-Russian ties will affect them directly. They call themselves “Muhajir” — an Arabic term for […]readmore
VOA News Pope Francis silently walked Friday beneath the notorious sign at the Polish death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. With his head bowed and dressed in white, the pontiff walked under the sign that bears the words «Arbeit Macht Frei» or «Work Sets You Free.» More than a million people, most of them Jews, were killed at […]readmore
Voz de América El papa Francisco visitó un santuario venerado por los polacos y alabó a su fallecido antecesor Juan Pablo II como un hijo de Polonia: «humilde pero poderoso». El Pontífice está en el segundo día de una visita de cinco al país europeo asistiendo a las celebraciones de la Jornada Mundial de la […]readmore