U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested voting by mail could lead to a fraudulent November 3rd presidential election and asked whether the vote should be delayed. Trump's tweet sparked a debate on election security on Capitol Hill, where Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was testifying. VOA's Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from Washington.
US has announced a sweeping reorganization of its troops in Europe, including pulling central command headquarters out of Germany in a blow to Berlin
China retaliates in kind with closure of an American consulate in Chengdu, amid deteriorating diplomatic ties
China threatens to retaliate after US ordered closure of its consulate in Houston, Texas; some lawmakers say consulate was center of massive espionage operation
The United States is calling on all parties in Afghanistan to reduce violence and to come to the table for peace talks, but Taliban violence continues
As a longtime senator and vice president, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a record of strong support for NATO, and of close, personal relationships with European allies
President Donald Trump has authorized economic sanctions and travel restrictions against some employees of the International Criminal Court who are investigating alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan
US religious freedom report singles out China as one of world's worst offenders for its mass detention of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang
George Floyd case and ensuing protests capture attention of ordinary citizens, media outlets and humanitarian leaders around the world
Senior State Department leaders, U.S. lawmakers call it sad day for the semi-autonomous territory’s people
Tensions have escalated since a fistfight broke out between Indian and Chinese soldiers
As pro-democracy lawmakers scuffle with security in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asks China to reconsider its push to impose national security law on semiautonomous territory
President Donald Trump fired the State Department’s internal watchdog
The U.S. government says it believes the Islamic State terrorist group was behind this week’s attacks on a maternity ward in Afghanistan, but one lawmaker tells VOA he does not believe the Taliban when they deny any involvement
Tuesday’s deadly attacks on a Kabul maternity ward and on mourners at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan cast doubt on the prospects of a peace deal to end America’s longest war
United Nations boosts its appeal for billions of dollars in aid to help people in world’s poorest countries cope with coronavirus impact
With US-China tensions mounting, Pompeo faces questions from reporters on what ‘enormous evidence’ he has that the virus originated in a Wuhan lab
President Donald Trump says he has asked U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan
The United Nations’ food chief is warning that while the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, it is also on the brink of a hunger pandemic. The executive director of the World Food Program met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ways to avert the worst humanitarian crisis since the World War Two. VOA's Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine has more.
Global health experts say now is not the time to withhold funds
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