US said last week it has started restricting visas for government and military officials of Ethiopia

White House calls for a credible international investigation into the events of May 23'

Visa restrictions target Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fueling the 6-month-old war; mo

Announcement coincides with State Department release of annual report on religious freedom

Trump-era sanctions ostensibly imposed for terrorism reasons are on the block

World's largest economy continues to show signs it is recovering from coronavirus pandemic

The long-awaited rules for the drones will address security concerns by requiring remote technology

Catholic institutions including schools and universities close in three-day protest to demand releas

More than 1 million people have been confined to camps in Xinjiang

Demonstrations reported in Minnesota, Chicago and Portland after tensions rise over policing practic

Newest figure is lowest in 13 months, signaling economic advance from coronavirus pandemic  

Some 30 entities are expected to face sanctions

Rare blood clots found in six Johnson & Johnson vaccine cases out of more than 6.8 million

Senior State Department official told reporters Friday that second round of indirect talks with Iran

Biden administration took no apparent sanctions enforcement action as 3 Iranian tankers delivered ga

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken says some governments used pandemic as pretext' to consolidate auth

Two members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, a Canadian MP and a Canadian pa

US and other countries have condemned it as a genocidal campaign

Diplomat's rant memorialized on T-shirts, umbrellas

Family told police he was playing with a machine gun' days before grocery store shooting

Several western countries announce new sanctions against Chinese officials involved in mass detentio

China promptly retaliates with sanctions on European officials

US looks to neighbors for ways to stem tide of migrants headed to its southwestern border

The measures are part of a package of human rights sanctions targeting a dozen people that also incl

President Joe Biden has said he believed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was a killer

Secretary of State Blinken and Pentagon chief Austin will meet with allies in Japan and South Korea

The designations prevent travel by members to the United States, freeze any US-related assets, ban A

It will be the first meeting of US and Chinese senior officials since President Joe Biden took offic

Controversy grows over whether FBI, other agencies missed warning signs in lead-up to Capitol attack

Navalny was poisoned last year in an attack he blames on Moscow, which denies any involvement

Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been forced from homes

Border Patrol tells VOA the group apprehended in maritime smuggling event'

It was an apparent response to rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq

Chinese companies are still pursing the U.S. market despite Washington's growing pressure to reduce

Latest economic action in response to coup includes call to reinstate elected government

The move freezes any US assets of those blacklisted and generally bars Americans from dealing with t

Increased wealth in Asia buys Western education

Biden speech to Munich Security Conference to come after Chinese leader Xi Jinping's pledge to boost

Treasury says sanctions not directed at citizens 

US military and intelligence officials warn IS-Khorasan appears to have recovered and may soon look

Iran calling on US to ease sanctions by Feb. 21

State Department did not respond to VOA Persian request for comment on letter by 38 Iran-based dissi

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from ot

Beijing imposed restrictions minutes after Biden was sworn in as 46th US president

The Chinese Embassy's account has not posted any new tweets since January 9

Beijing angered over latest action by Washington to build official relationship with self-ruled Taiw

Chinese officials and their families face US travel restrictions, while 60 Chinese companies are cur

Chinese officials and their families face US travel restrictions, while 60 Chinese companies are cur

Earlier this month over 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists were arrested in Hong Kong

Sanctions come five days before end of Trump administration

More than 50 people were arrested

Restrictions affect officials the US believes are responsible for or complicit in 'repressing religi

The Pfizer and Moderna shots shipped so far and in the next few weeks are nearly all going to health

The United States accuses companies of supporting the sale of Iranian petrochemicals as Washington i

Ankara confined to rhetoric over US sanctions as Turkish president looks to Biden presidency

The move comes at a delicate time in relations between Washington and Ankara, which have been at odd

New US-funded project uses satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekon

Analysts say move risks upending delicate situation that both African Union and United Nations have