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Middle-class families in Karachi are choosing to pay extra to send their children to private schools in the hopes that they will get a better education because public schools in Pakistan often lack resources.
President Donald Trump of the United States has stated repeatedly that America needs to take Greenland from Denmark for “international security.” The global attention, however, is driving among many native Greenlanders to determine their own political destiny,
The latest executive order issued by President Donald Trump that suspends the arrival of refugees into the United States goes into effect on Monday, January 27.VOA Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman reports that the future remains uncertain for Afghan refugees waiting to be resettled in the United States.
Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar’s military after video clips of the killings went viral online.
Family members and hostage aid groups are are taking the search to look for missing journalist Austin Tice to Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad’s long rule in Syria has ended. They are searching for the American in abandoned prisons.
[Too-sai-way] Tusaiwe Munkhondya [Moon-Kondee-yah] knows what it’s like to feel alone in the world.Her grandmother raised her when her mother abandoned her when she was six years old. She now helps underprivileged children, teen moms, and abandoned newborns in Malawi.
There is a long road to recovery for Israeli hostages who were released from Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal. Experts say it will take time for the physical and psychological pain they and others experienced to heal.
According to a new study, China, Israel, and Myanmar are among the top countries that jail journalists. According to figures from the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 361 journalists are detained worldwide as a result of their work.Cristina Caicedo Smit has more. VOA News
A planned six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began Sunday, bringing comfort and joy to both Israelis and Palestinians.Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners, while Hamas freed three female hostages.Many Israelis credit the agreement to Donald Trump, the incoming president of the United States.
Kurdish women in Syria are now advocating for gender equality in a post-Assad Syria after playing a crucial role during the civil war. To make sure that women’s rights are upheld, they are demanding a part in the drafting of new Syrian constitution.