Many Syrian children under 5 years old cannot remember life before violence and homelessness. At a sprawling refugee camp in Jordan, parents say their children suffer everything from epilepsy to i...
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed nine people. The 21-year old white man suspected of the crime was caught in a...
U.S. officials are expected to raise concerns on issues including human rights, cyber security and China’s controversial construction project in the South China Sea, when the two countries launch t...
Based in the Iraqi-Kurdish capital of Irbil, Saint Ilyas Church is not just a place of worship, but a camp for those fleeing the so-called Islamic State. John Owens reports. Originally published a...
The world is facing the worst refugee crisis in modern times, and the global response has been pitifully inadequate, according to the latest annual report from the U.N. High Commissioner For Refuge...
Illegal trade of wild animals has become the world’s fourth largest international crime. Many of the animals are killed only for their highly sought-after parts, such as rhinos for their horns or e...
Doctors say for most stroke victims the window for recovery shuts after six months. Now, a device that links signals from the brain to the body shows promise in improving movement long after a stro...
Texas has become a favored place for refugee resettlement in the United States; 10 percent of the refugees in the U.S. live in the Lone Star State. At a recent World Refugee Day celebration in Hous...
The Vatican Thursday released a landmark letter by Pope Francis saying global warming is mostly man-made and calling it one of the most important issues of the day. VOA's Jeff Custer reports from W...
Nine people are dead after a gunman opened fire in an African American church in the southeastern U.S. city/state of Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday night, in an attack police are investigatin...