In Pakistan, a group of women are breaking through the ranks of men as elite police commandos, completing the same rigorous training in counterterrorism and defusing bombs.
To get around Kabul, you can't get an Uber but you can book a Buber.
After a collapse in coal mining, Vorkuta has lost a third of its residents in 30 years. Can the remaining miners hang on?
This is what happened when an anti-Putin protester met pro-Putin compatriots at a polling place in Los Angeles.
Several Eastern European states have ramped up their opposition to a new gas pipeline linking Russia with Germany and have raised their concerns in Washington.
In 2015, an extremist group calling itself Islamic State-Khorasan Province began recruiting new members -- including children -- in eastern Afghanistan. Two young brothers told VOA they spent two years training with the militants and preparing for suicide missions.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Islamic State militants are not going to be left “unchecked” to spread destruction across the Mideast region. Kerry discussed U.S. coalition-building efforts to fight the militant group and other issues in an interview with the Afghan Service of Voice of America.
Japan says it will go ahead and issue entry visas to those attending the World Uyghur Congress next month.
