No one has been held accountable. Other award winners include Aida Dzhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan, Mang Hre Lian of Burma, and Amparo Carvajal of Bolivia. “[T]o our honorees today,” said Secretary ...

Prosecutors in China pressed charges this week against a Myanmar-based telecom scam ring, which was busted last year. The ...

That’s less than the $5 billion Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy giant, is set to lose annually in gas sales. VOA correspondent Victor Vasilyev talked to regional experts about these topics.

VOA Russian spoke to American analyst Paul Goble, who listed the dangers the plane crash and Russia's days-long refusal to accept responsibility could pose for its dealings with Azerbaijan and ...

For 17 years, VOA Correspondent Kane Farabaugh has covered the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter, developing a close friendship with America’s 39th president. He shares his personal reflections ...

On Monday, just days before the inauguration of the Venezuelan president, opposition leader Edmundo Gonzales Urrutia, who has proven his electoral victory with official records, met with U.S ...

VOA’s Kurdish Service spoke with Syria's Luqman Ahmi, the co-chair of the Democratic Green Party, and journalists Parwar Meedi and Masoud Mohammed.

VOA Russian speaks to experts who predict that the Russian pressure will only increase ahead of the 2025 parliamentary elections in Moldova, an event that now looms large in Russia's confrontation ...

A financial aid campaign for the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava, launched two weeks ago in Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah, has been ...

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A human rights organization has released a list of 54 "security and political prisoners" sentenced to death in Iran. According to the list, at least 24 individuals have been sentenced to death in ...

Economists say Chinese official policies will affect year-end bonuses issued by companies, including high-tech and internet industries that are expected to give out higher-than-expected bonuses.