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Mobile App Aims to Help End Child Marriage in India’s Bihar

MUMBAI — A mobile phone app is the latest tool for campaigners seeking to end child marriage in India's Bihar state, where nearly two-thirds of girls in some of its rural areas...

AIPA and Observer Countries vow stronger cooperation in fight vs climate change, terrorism, illegal drugs

Delegates of the ongoing 38th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) conducted dialogues with several observer countries among them China, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, European Union, Australia, and...

Mattis: No Need to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles Yet

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. has not yet shot down any North Korean missiles because they have not posed a threat to the United States or its allies. In remarks...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Give National Address on Rakhine Crisis

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to give a highly anticipated national speech Tuesday addressing her country's crisis in Rakhine state, where ongoing violence has...

North Korean Leader: Nuclear Program Will Be Completed

SEOUL — North Korea said Saturday leader Kim Jong Un vowed to complete his nuclear weapons program in the face of strengthening sanctions after he inspected a powerful new intermediate-range missile that...

Myanmar Ambassador Rejects Allegations of Ethnic Cleansing

Myanmar is the victim of terrorists and "false media" reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine state, the country's ambassador to the United States told VOA. Aung Lynn said the country's security...

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