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The United States and its partners are closely watching negotiations between United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths and the Syrian government over continued aid access, weeks after Russia blocked the renewal of a near-decade-long humanitarian operation in northwest Syria. "We are prepared...
The deadly July suicide bombing at a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlights a troublesome trend of violence in the region. The bombing on Sunday targeted those attending a rally for the religious political party Jamiat Uleme-e-Islam-Fazal (JUIF) in the...
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa: guest host Vincent Makori discusses the coup in Niger, where the army ousted the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Also, in this episode, VOA’s English to Africa service celebrates 60 years of multiplatform programming to the continent. Guests include...
A search continues for an American nurse and her daughter after they were reportedly abducted in Haiti. According to officials, the two were kidnapped from a local non profit organization, El Roi. NBC News' Kristen Dahlgren has more...
Despite the bleak situation in Niger, a senior U.S. official says a “narrow” window of opportunity may be able to reverse the attempted military takeover. Senior Adviser for Africa at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former Foreign Minister of Mali Kamissa Camara joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss...
Former Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamissa Camara explains what is happening in Niger after the coup and discusses possible solutions to the current crisis...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned those responsible as being terrorists who have 'targeted those who speak for Islam, the Quran and Pakistan'; also our reporter in Ukraine has been on the front line with a team of elite snipers known as 'the Ghosts of Bakhmut'; and has Emperor Nero's lost theatre...
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to security and counter-terrorism Asfandyar Mir about how instability in the Taliban's Afghanistan has spilled into Pakistan, after a suicide bombing that killed dozens...
When a suicide bombing rocked a political gathering in northwest Pakistan over the weekend, suspicion immediately fell upon the Pakistani Taliban group, whose growing footprint and mounting attacks have alarmed security officials in the country. But on Monday, the smaller Islamic State group known...
The Islamic State affiliate in South Asia claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan that killed dozens of people and injured about 200 more, in the latest bloody sign of the deteriorating security situation in the country. The death toll from the explosion on Sunday...