Amid a slowing economy, China has wrapped up a challenging 2024 that ended with heightened public discontent and social unrest following the eruption of several random attacks in the past two months.

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 ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his New Year’s address on Tuesday, said China's economy has rebounded, with GDP projected to exceed 130 trillion yuan ($17.8 trillion). Regarding Taiwan, he ...

President-elect Trump has nominated GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake to lead Voice of America (VOA), a decision that is renewing worries of partisan meddling at the government-funded global news agency.

Bereaved family members of the 179 victims of a fatal plane crash on Monday said the South Korean government has failed to preserve the victims' bodies, as they promised to place the bodies inside ...

Despite being sanctioned by the Beijing government in 2020, Rubio says he’s confident of 'finding a solution' to engage with China if confirmed. VOA's Nike Ching reports.

But as VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, Trump’s plans could be complicated by a complex global interdependence on oil and gas supplies.

The collapse of the Syrian regime and the influx of thousands of families into Kurdish areas, particularly in Derik, has led to an economic crisis in these regions. As a result, the value of the ...

Civil society organizations, journalists and political observers convened in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to discuss the situation in Syria. They expressed grave concern ...

Since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump has begun a complex transition process involving a carefully selected team to ensure an orderly handover. Members of this group are tasked ...

If there’s a global trend, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer said at a summit in Canada in June, it’s that 'people are tired of the incumbents' Burkina Faso's military regime, in power since ...

However, Chinese people interviewed by VOA bluntly said that this is a "Ponzi scheme" because China's economy is in a slump, and that the medical insurance and social security funds have long been ...