Official: US Pledges $3.3 Billion in Funding For Afghan Forces
The US peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, met Sunday with leaders in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation after American and coalition tr
The US peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, met Sunday with leaders in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation after American and coalition tr
Sharp decline constitutes the first concrete sign of progress in early and thorny challenge for Biden administration, which has faced criticism from l
US Mission will prioritize student visa applications for Nigerians to ensure they are interviewed for visa applications in time for their program's st
Rare blood clots found in six Johnson & Johnson vaccine cases out of more than 6.8 million
Nearly 6,000 SDF fighters, local security forces and members of anti-terror units are participating in the operation, local military officials said
Family told police he was playing with a machine gun' days before grocery store shooting
US looks to neighbors for ways to stem tide of migrants headed to its southwestern border
When COVID-19 hit last year, many Nigerian parents withdrew their children from school over fear exposing them to the virus
Declassified US Intelligence assessment concludes Beijing felt the risk of getting caught outweighed the benefits of seeing Biden win White House
Secretary of State Blinken and Pentagon chief Austin will meet with allies in Japan and South Korea to reaffirm trans-Pacific partnerships
It will be the first meeting of US and Chinese senior officials since President Joe Biden took office on January 20
Controversy grows over whether FBI, other agencies missed warning signs in lead-up to Capitol attack, then failed to adequately warn officials respons
Border Patrol tells VOA the group apprehended in maritime smuggling event'
It was an apparent response to rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq
Reports say kidnappers killed at least one student who tried to escape during attack, second of its kind in Nigeria in two months
Thousands of Central Americans have attempted to travel north in recent months following back-to-back hurricanes in November
US military and intelligence officials warn IS-Khorasan appears to have recovered and may soon look to strike further afield
SDF says it has captured dozens of IS members in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour
State Department did not respond to VOA Persian request for comment on letter by 38 Iran-based dissidents urging Biden to press Tehran on democracy, r
Special Counsel praises whistleblower's tremendous courage'
Contacts with trapped miners indicate 12 are in good health; condition of others unclear
Beijing angered over latest action by Washington to build official relationship with self-ruled Taiwan//
Ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson was abducted on Kish Island in 2007 and is now presumed dead
It's latest incident in region that has been in grip of Islamist insurgency for more than a decade
Allegations stem from four-year inquiry into actions of elite troops from 2005 to 2016
Confirmation from key security agency comes as election officials tally votes, with the outcome still in the balance
Homeland Security chief says 'no indications that a foreign adversary has succeeded' in compromising election
Forces including Navy SEALs rescued 27-year-old Philip Walton, who had been abducted on Tuesday from his home in neighboring southern Niger, two US of
Despite territorial defeat in March 2019, IS has carried out terror attacks against civilians and military forces in eastern Syria
US government to contribute nearly $152 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso
One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the injuries were a result of a collision and not any exchange of fire
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces accuse IS sleeper cells and Syrian government proxies of carrying out the attacks to cause instability in the
An American company has reportedly reached a deal with Kurdish forces in northeast Syria to develop and export crude oil
The seeds are of unknown origin, and state agencies are warning recipients not to plant them if they are invasive species
US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad apparently attributes reduction in violence to Washington's peace pact with Taliban
UN official says people have a right to protest peacefully and should not be subjected to unnecessary, disproportionate and discriminatory use of forc
SDF forces have launched a second phase of their campaign to hunt down remnants of the IS terror group in eastern Syria
The officials say while the November presidential election will not be risk free, defense and back-up systems should guarantee a free and fair result
CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth Frank McKenzie also told VOA that the Afghan Taliban is not living up to peace commitments and that the idea of Russi
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Embassy flies Black Lives Matter flag; US military bans Confederate flags on its bases
US leader declares national emergency, calling International Criminal Court investigation an unusual and extraordinary threat' to American security
Iranian media showed images of Sirous Asgari arriving Wednesday in Tehran, four years after he was prosecuted and later acquitted of stealing US trade
More than two dozen North Korean individuals are accused of making at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments linked to the country's nuclear weapons a
They say some 20 drugs come only from China and there's already one shortage
Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of CDC, emphasizes American epidemiologists, virologists, infection control experts, quarantine experts '
There are about 500 troops in the area who, according to US officials, are protecting the region's oil fields and preventing IS from reemerging
Attorney General William Barr, FBI director Christopher Wray and counterintelligence chief William Evanina to address a Washington conference on US ef
AFRICOM says al-Shabab used the camps to launch terror attacks on civilians
There have been constant demonstrations from both sides of the political spectrum. Along with these demonstrations the number of vistors to the Capito
American troops in northeast Syria prevented Russian military convoys from touring near the Iraqi border, in what locals describe as an increased esca
The pending decision is part of a worldwide review by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who is looking for ways to tighten the focus on China and Russia
Not clear how many passengers were on board and to whom the plane belonged that went down in Afghanistan's Ghazni province
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor that has researchers inside the country, reported that US forces didn't allow Russian military
But American General Milley says absence of casualties 'has more to do with the defensive techniques our forces used than it does with intent'
Soleimani was considered Iran's most powerful figure after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei