Central African Republic's diamonds have fueled political wars, leaving the country divided and its once thriving diamond trade banned from world markets.

By the United Nations’ count, conflicts and persecution displaced some 16.2 million people in 2017 alone, adding to a total of 68.5 million.

Các cuộc tấn công khủng bố ngày 11/9 vào New York không chỉ phá hủy Tháp Đôi là điểm nhấn trong Trung tâm Thương mại Thế giới (WTC) của thành phố. Tổng cộng 10 tòa nhà, bao gồm tất cả 7 tòa nhà của ...

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The Klamath River is free-flowing for the first time in over a century after the last of four hydroelectric dams was removed in 2024, but America's largest river restoration project is just beginning.

Boko Haram: Journey from Evil shows that despite being mired in conflict and nearly a decade of suffering, not all is lost in Nigeria.

The first protests against Assad quickly spread across the country, and are met by security forces with a wave of arrests and shootings. Some protesters take up guns, and military units defect as the ...

Afghanistan Chi phí của một cuộc chiến Hoa Kỳ rút quân hoàn toàn ra khỏi Afghanistan những ngày giữa tháng Tám, khép lại cuộc chiến dài nhất trong lịch sử đất nước.

February 24 will mark two years of Russia’s war against Ukraine. While the conflict dates to 2014, when Russian forces took over Crimea and fostered separatist rebellions in Ukraine’s eastern regions, ...

The decades-long Israel-Hamas conflict has entered a dangerous new phase since early October, when militants carried out the deadliest attack in Israeli history, and Israel launched a devastating ...

From Republic to Emirate Afghanistan under the Taliban One year after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, VOA brings special coverage of how the group is now running the country, and how the lives of ...

The U.S. and other Western nations have pushed for a “rule-based order” in the South China Sea, which carries a large portion of the world’s maritime freight traffic, calling it critical to regional ...