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At Least 20 Dead as Tsunami Strikes Java, Sumatra Islands

By VOA News with reports from VOA's Indonesian service A tsunami struck beaches along Indonesia's Sunda Strait late Saturday local time, killing at least 20 people, injuring 165 and leaving two people missing,...

Cambodia Investigates 3 Tons of African Ivory Abandoned at Port

By Sun Narin/VOA News KIEN SVAY DISTRICT, CAMBODIA — Some three tons of African ivory sat in an unmarked crate in a Cambodian port for more than a year, until a tip from the U.S. embassy...

As US ‘Debt-Trap Diplomacy’ Rhetoric Heats Up, China-Africa Relations Hold Fast

By Salem Solomon/VOA News When U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton rolled out the United States’ new Africa strategy last week, he used the occasion to identify China as an imminent threat to...

Iraq Lays Cornerstone in Rebuilding Mosul Mosque

by VOA News An Iraqi Sunni Muslim leader laid the cornerstone Sunday in the first step to rebuild the iconic 11th-century al-Nuri mosque in Mosul. Three years of fighting between Islamic State and...

Afghanistan, China and Pakistan Ink Deal to Enhance Counterterror Cooperation

by Ayaz Gul/Voice of America ISLAMABAD — China, Pakistan and Afghanistan signed a trilateral understanding Saturday to enhance counterterrorism security cooperation, and collectively reiterated their call for the Taliban insurgency to join Afghan peace...

Truce in Trade War After Trump-Xi Dinner in Argentina

By Steve Herman/VOA News BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — The world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China, have agreed to a small truce in their escalating trade war after a meeting between presidents Donald...

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