20 years after freeing Afghanistan from the grip of the Taliban, U.S. and NATO troops are leaving. For a generation of Afghans who grew up during that time, the future is worrisome. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi explains.
A report published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows the potentially lifesaving results of lab-grown mosquitos.
In March, one of the world’s biggest container ships became stuck in the Egypt’s Suez Canal, creating a commercial logjam and spikes in the cost of oil.
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and highlights issues of women’s rights. To mark the occasion Monday, the U.S. State Department presented the International Women of Courage Award.
Orangutans are a critically endangered species and the coronavirus pandemic halted efforts to protect and increase their population. But as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, rescue efforts in Indonesia are back under way.
NASA and the United States have successfully landed the Perseverance on Mars after the rover left the company of spacecrafts from the UAE and China in orbit.
People across Myanmar continued protesting a military coup and called for the release of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar continue to protest a military coup and to demand the release of the country’s democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Amid escalating confrontations, police have warned they may resort to live ammunition rounds.
Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar took to the streets over the weekend to protest a military coup and call for the release of the country’s democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar’s military took control of the country Monday just hours after detaining civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi. The military cited a lack of action on its voter fraud claims in recent elections.
Thousands of Brazilians hit the beach this past weekend in Rio de Janeiro, despite warnings from authorities bracing for a new wave of COVID-19 cases. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports. VOA Khmer's Sisovann Pin narrates.
Demonstrations against racial injustice continued this past week after the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Party delegates start Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will likely officially nominate President Donald Trump as their candidate in November’s national election to decide who controls the White House.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, looks to make it official this week when he formally accepts his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Biden made history last week by naming California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Coronavirus infections are continuing to surge in the United States.
A Chinese company has adopted a technology called augmented reality to help fight a viral pandemic with thermal glasses that show what our eyes can’t see.
Flying drones are nothing new in the skies, but online retailers have been investing in them as a way to deliver goods faster and to those in hard-to-reach rural areas. But the automation doesn't stop there. Arash Arabasadi reports.
Former Southeast Asians who fled wars in the '70s now live in a place both likely and unlikely as a destination for refugees settling in the US.
