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Malians Vote in Presidential Runoff

Malians have voted in a presidential runoff election Sunday amid heavy security to thwart violence, deciding whether to hand incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a second five-year term or replace him with...

Survivors Recount Horror of Laos Dam Collapse

ATTAPEU PROVINCE, LAOS — Samled Inthavong had almost finished hoisting his family members into a boat when a building uprooted by the collapse of a dam upstream slammed into his house. Bobbing atop...

Study: Iran Carrying Out More Cyberattacks for Profit

A U.S.-based cybersecurity intelligence group says Iranian state institutions have perpetrated a growing number of international cyberattacks for profit in recent months. In a VOA Persian interview, Accenture Security growth and strategy...

Are Hate Crimes in US Peaking?

WASHINGTON — After four years of sharp increases, hate crimes in most major American cities fell during the first half of 2018, preliminary police data show. The total number of hate incidents in...

Aid Groups: Indonesia quake victims in desperate need of assistance

GENEVA — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for nine million dollars to provide emergency aid to some 80,000 survivors of two devastating earthquakes that have...

Third strong earthquake hits Indonesian islands

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok island and the neighboring island of Bali on Thursday, causing instant panic after Sunday's quake in the region killed more than 300 people.   VIDEO: Indonesian...

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