KATHMANDU — A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it....
JOHANNESBURG — An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them critically,...
U.S. lawmakers are racing to reach a deal on billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and Israel before the holiday break. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more. www.Megalopoles.online...
JAKARTA — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang...
Julia Rabelo, a Brazilian studying in the U.S. state of Texas, has spent a month on campus, and she says she’s learned a lot. Here, she offers her top tips for students looking to...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for Western allies to ramp up defense production in order to ensure that Ukrainian forces have what they need to battle Russia’s invasion. Speaking ahead of a meeting...
Taipei — Beijing opposes protectionism and wants to strengthen supply chains with all countries, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday, as a growing number of nations voice concern about how much their supply chains depend...
A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas reached its sixth day Wednesday, with the two sides expected to release more hostages and prisoners while negotiators pushed for extending the deal. U.S. National Security Council...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has stripped conservative American Cardinal Raymond Burke of some of his Vatican privileges, including a large, subsidized apartment and his salary, a senior Vatican official said on Tuesday. The...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Two Palestinian teenagers were killed Tuesday during Israeli army raids in the occupied West Bank, where violence has surged in tandem with the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the Palestinian health...