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U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to hit the European Union with tariffs, adding that a 10% duty on Chinese imports could also come as soon as February 1.  Trump, who was speaking to reporters at the White House a day after being sworn in, cited the need to rectify the EU's trade imbalances with the United States while taking aim once again at Beijing over fentanyl trafficking.  "They treat us very, very badly. So they're going to be in for tariffs," Trump said of the EU....

A snowstorm warning was in effect for 31 million people - from southern Texas east through Georgia and north to the Carolinas and into Virginia

The new entity, Stargate, will start building data centers and the electricity generation needed for the further development of the fast-evolving AI in Texas

Doctors in Namibia are advocating greater access to healthcare and the HPV vaccine to reduce the prevalence of the disease

Russia's top diplomat targets domestic, international skeptics as Kremlin seeks to create false equivalencies, portray Ukraine as extremist

On his first day on the job, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his staff and spelled out his foreign policy priorities. He also met with allies from the Indo-Pacific region who seek to counter Chinese military and economic ambitions. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.

Six Kurdish journalists have been detained in Turkey, charged with being members of a "terrorist organization" with no word from their lawyers. Journalists and activists say opposition media outlets are being targeted more and more every day. Click here for the full story in Kurdish.

A dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi federal government risks further complicating the relationship between the two, as the KRG struggles to pay its public sector employees. Last week, KRG spokesperson Peshawa Hawramani said withdrawing from the Iraqi government was "on the table" amid a growing dissatisfaction with the Iraqi finance minister. Click here for the full story in Kurdish.

Herow Mohammed is a cancer patient from the city of Halabja, Iraq, who despite her diagnosis continues to work in her fresh chicken store. Speaking to VOA, she said, "Overcoming cancer requires someone whose will is strong enough to overpower the disease." Mohammed is among hundreds of the city's cancer patients who, due to the lack of a cancer care center, need to travel to the city of Sulaimaniyah. Click here for the full story in Kurdish.

Venezuela exported millions of barrels of its heavy oil to the U.S. until the economic sanctions of 2019. Its purchase resumed two years ago. Experts explain the characteristics of this crude oil, while Donald Trump says that he will "probably" stop buying it. Click here for the full story in Spanish.

President Donald Trump repealed a Biden administration program to temporarily allow in more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The legal paths to enter the United States are closed to them, as Paula Diaz reports from Arizona. Click here for the full story in Spanish.

Russian lawyer practice could face existential risks after the recent guilty verdict against three lawyers who had represented late opposition leader Alexey Navalny in court. VOA Russian spoke to legal experts who voice concern about the ability of Russian activists to get proper legal representation in the future after Navalny lawyers got up to 5½ years in prison for essentially doing their job, something that did not happen even in the Soviet times. Click here for the full story in...

US president wants to prevent children of undocumented migrants from becoming citizens

At Elise Stefanik's confirmation hearing, China's growing influence at UN was on legislators' minds

Ukraine's best defense in a ceasefire would be its NATO membership, Zelenskyy says

Following the fall of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad last month, US-backed Kurdish forces have been under mounting pressure by both the new authorities in Damascus and the Turkish government to disarm

U.S. President Donald Trump hit the ground running on Monday issuing a record number of executive orders to begin remaking the U.S. government. As expected, he withdrew from the Paris climate agreement and pulled out of the World Health Organization. We talk big picture on what he hopes to achieve with Republican strategist Matt Klink from Klink Campaigns.

US President Trump sparks diverging responses on the continent after reversing Biden transgender policies