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US Congressman Santos Refuses to Resign, Says Expulsion Would Set Precedent

In his closing arguments for remaining a member of the House, a defiant Representative George Santos depicted himself as a victim of a smear campaign by some of his colleagues and made clear that he would not resign before a vote Friday on whether he should be expelled. The first-term Republican congressman from New York could well become just the sixth member of the House to have been ousted by colleagues. While Santos survived two earlier expulsion efforts, a critical House Ethics...

Henry Kissinger, Former Top US Diplomat Under Nixon, Dies at 100

Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at the age of 100, personified U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations, serving as secretary of state under both presidents and inviting both praise for his diplomatic successes and controversy for his calculating political view of the world. His death was announced by his consulting firm and no cause was given. Known for being a scholar, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a prominent refugee to the United States, Kissinger became a...

Blinken Tells Israel: No Repeat of ‘Massive Loss of Civilian Life’ as in Northern Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East, holding talks Thursday with Israeli and Palestinian officials and coming out with an unusually blunt message to Israel about the next phase of its war against Hamas. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.

About Half of Nicaragua's Population Wants to Emigrate, Study Says

Lawyer Isabel Lazo's jobs are being systematically canceled by Nicaragua's increasingly repressive government. Lazo worked at a university before the government of President Daniel Ortega closed it. She now is employed at a nongovernmental organization that she fears will soon be shuttered too. Nicaragua's poisonous mix of economic decline and repression has led to about half of the country's population of 6.2 million saying they want to leave their homeland, according...

Rocket Launched at US Forces in Syria; No Injuries

Iranian-backed proxies launched a rocket assault against U.S. forces in the Middle East, bringing the total number of attacks on U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and Syria to 74 since October 17. A U.S. defense official told VOA a single rocket was launched overnight against Mission Support Site Euphrates in eastern Syria, causing no casualties or damage. U.S. naval forces in the Middle East continue to counter threats at sea as well. On Wednesday, while in the southern Red Sea, the USS...

Appeals Court Reinstates Gag Order in Trump NY Fraud Trial

A New York appeals court on Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after the former president repeatedly disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial. The one-sentence decision came two weeks after an individual appellate judge put the gag order on hold while the appeals process played out. Trial judge Arthur Engoron, who imposed the restriction, said he now planned to enforce it "rigorously and...

Asian Americans Still Face Prejudice and Discrimination, Study Finds

Facing prejudice is, for most Asian Americans, an all-too-familiar part of life, a new report from the Pew Research Center shows. The study, which is based on a survey of more than 7,000 respondents, found that the majority of Asian Americans think too little national attention is being paid to their experiences with discrimination. About one-third of Asian Americans have been told to go back to their home country, the report found. Forty-four percent of Asian Americans ages 18 to 29 said...