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In an exclusive interview with VOA, former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss issued a stark warning against China's authoritarian ambitions and called for the West to adopt a tougher stance to protect global freedom. Truss laid out her vision for an "economic NATO" to deter Beijing, criticized the Labour government’s soft approach to China, and defended her controversial lobbying for a defense export license involving China. Click here to read the full story in Mandarin.

In office, Lukashenko has abused and monopolized power by amending the constitution, jailing and exiling rivals, destroying press freedom, falsifying election results, and using the police and army to crush protests against his rule. He is running uncontested in January for another five-year term.

The award that no company wants to win calls out the 'least repairable, least private, and least sustainable products on display'

Maria Corina Machado had just emerged from hiding to attend protest, part of last-ditch attempt to block President Nicolas Maduro from clinging to power

In a last-minute attempt, federal officials are asking a US appeals court to block Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's plea deal

Various nongovernmental organizations that deal with human rights, refugees and the environment called Thursday's protest

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has led to a face-off between Turkey and Israel in Syria, where both countries have deployed forces. Relations between Turkey and the Jewish state were already strained over the Gaza war, and now analysts warn of a new escalation. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

Man was reportedly arrested for espionage

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Project planned for an ecologically fragile area in Tibet near contested border with India, raising environmental, security worries

Government troops foiled an attack by 24 heavily armed assailants on Wednesday night, officials say

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, The Associated Press reported. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

The US Supreme Court is now the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday

The report documents violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws, including possible war crimes

Supreme Court hearing arguments Friday on ban appeal 

Joseph Aoun’s election fills a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum and comes at a time when the country is seeking international assistance for reconstruction

The killing of journalists in Gaza and Haiti in recent weeks underscore the dangers media confront. Analysts say war, instability and lack of accountability contributed to a deadly year for the media, with more than 100 journalists killed in 2024. Press Freedom Editor Jessica Jerreat has the story.

The United States Supreme Court has fast-tracked oral arguments on a challenge by the Chinese company ByteDance — the owner of TikTok — to a new law that would ban the social media platform on grounds of national security. VOA’s Steve Herman reports.

For the first time, a person in the United States has died after being infected with the bird flu. The World Health Organization says the risk of infection for the general population remains low, but as VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, some medical experts are still sounding the alarm.