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Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has expressed hope that the United States would continue its support for the Afghan government after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly spoke with U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan after his inauguration. …

The Turkish parliament approved a draft bill early on January 21 that would dramatically expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and pave the way for a referendum on changing the constitution later this year. …

U.S. officials say the country’s air force has carried out trikes on a militant camp in Syria, killing more than 100 Al-Qaeda fighters, marking the final counterterrorism attack carried out under U.S. President Barack Obama. …

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, remained hospitalized in Houston on Friday, a family spokesman said. The 92-year-old former president is being treated for breathing difficulties stemming from pneumonia. He was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital last weekend for shortness of breath but was later moved to intensive care when physicians put …

The Correspondents is VOA’s weekly discussion of the world’s top stories, as seen through the eyes of our dedicated reporters in the US and around the globe. Hosted by Mil Arcega, our panel of journalists goes beyond the headlines to give listeners and viewer real context and understanding of what’s driving the story. …

Black-clad activists angry about U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration smashed store and car windows in Washington on Friday and fought with police in riot gear who responded with pepper spray and stun grenades. About 500 people, some wearing masks and kerchiefs over their faces, marched through the city’s downtown, breaking the windows of a Bank …

Rescue workers at a hotel in central Italy that was buried by an avalanche have pulled eight survivors from the building two days after it was buried in snow and rocks. …

Iranian officials say hopes are fading for finding survivors in the rubble of a 17-story commercial building that collapsed in Tehran on January 19 and is thought to have killed at least 20 firefighters. …

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday afternoon told gathered staff that “we’re living in a time of great transition and some upheaval.”  In his final remarks at the State Department, however, Kerry added, “I am optimistic because this country has shown again and again how strong we are internally.” He waved goodbye …

Uganda has detained 101 former M23 rebels trying to return to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, breaking a deal to demobilize after their defeat in 2013, a government spokesman said Thursday. The former fighters, who had been staying in Ugandan camps after years of fighting in chaotic eastern Congo, were picked up in west Uganda …

Unnamed U.S. officials on Thursday said North Korea may be preparing for an intercontinental ballistic missile test launch after South Korean media reported movement of what could be components of an upgraded ICBM, less than two days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The sighting of objects believed to be the lower half of …

U.S. authorities say they have transferred to other countries four prisoners from the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the likely final such move under the Obama administration. …

The U.S. military said it killed an Al-Qaeda leader in an air strike near Idlib in Syria on January 17. …

In a rare public protest in Uzbekistan, a group of retirees recently took to the streets to demand that their local government drop its newfangled debit-card system and pay their pensions in cash. …

The United States and Cuba have signed a treaty on maritime boundaries in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. A State Department statement said the pact covers the only water boundary not under a previous deal between the two countries. The treaty will have to be approved by the U.S. Senate before it …

Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States January 20 and has promised to quickly enact his agenda to bring change to Washington. But Trump will also face a political divide that remains in place in the wake of his election victory over Hillary Clinton. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more from …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is expressing confidence that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will support Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression despite his desire to mend ties with Moscow. …

A new drug is being developed that targets some aggressive cancers that are notoriously hard to cure. If the clinical trials that are underway continue to show promise, the drug may change the way some cancers are treated. Scientists at Pfizer, the giant pharmaceutical company, and Stemcentrx, a small biotech firm in California recently acquired …

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power on January 18 expressed concern that Iran is supplying weapons to Lebanon’s Hizballah in violation of an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council. …

Turkish police on January 18 rounded up 27 people mostly from central Asia who they said were linked to an Uzbek gunman charged with killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s eve. …

Lawrence Summers, the former U.S. treasury secretary, has warned that Donald Trump’s threats to firms using Mexico as a manufacturing base will be counterproductive and could lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs. Summers told a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that the president-elect’s “rhetoric and announced policies” …

Pakistan has called on Afghan leaders to review their “fragmented” approach to peace talks with the Taliban on containing and ending the resilient insurgency, instead of blaming Islamabad for the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. Sartaj Aziz, chief foreign policy advisor to the Pakistani prime minister, in an exclusive interview with VOA, says that a …

Gambia’s Parliament has voted to extend President Yahya Jammeh’s term in office for three months, even as his mandate was set to end Thursday, state television said Wednesday. The extension takes effect immediately. The announcement came a day after Jammeh declared a three-month state of emergency as he seeks to stay in power despite losing …

The office of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s son has been moved to the former presidential headquarters in the Central Asian nation, stoking speculation that Rustam Emomali will be tapped to succeed his father. …

In his final major speech in office, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that Russia poses the biggest threat to the “liberal international order” and warned that “further” Russian attempts to meddle in Western elections should be expected. …

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