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US Capitol Riot Probe Seeks Ivanka Trump’s Cooperation

The congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday asked former President Donald Trump’s daughter to voluntarily cooperate with its probe. In a letter to Ivanka Trump, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said the panel wants her to tell them what she knows about her father’s efforts to thwart congressional certification that he lost the November 2020 election. They also want to know what he was doing as his supporters rampaged through the...

The Inside Story-Biden's First Year TRANSCRIPT

TRANSCRIPT The Inside Story: Biden’s First Year Episode 23 – January 20, 2022 Opening Animation: U.S. President Joe Biden: I Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. do solemnly swear… Voice of PATSY WIDAKUSWARA, VOA White House Bureau Chief: A challenging first year for President Joe Biden. From managing the pandemic to uniting the nation. U.S. President Joe Biden: The way forward is to recognize the truth and to live by...

Space-Related Blood Disorder May Impact Future Missions

A blood disorder once considered a temporary condition for space travelers now it seems to be a lasting condition. Plus, Earth just recorded its sixth-hottest year on record, and a pair of cosmonaut spacewalks outside the International Space Station. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space

US Sanctions 4 Ukrainians Accused of Aiding Russia

The U.S. government says it is sanctioning four Ukrainians “engaged in Russian government-directed influence activities to destabilize Ukraine.” “The individuals we are targeting, two of whom are members of Ukraine’s parliament, act at the direction of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and support Russia's destabilizing and dangerous influence operations, which undermine not just Ukraine but also the fundamental principles of democracy,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...

Europe, US Aim to Ensure Mali Doesn’t Become First of Many Dominoes

Frustrations are growing in and around Mali, where regional and international efforts to speed up the interim government’s transition to democratic elections appear to be at a dead end. Still, key players from Europe and the United States are refusing to give up, warning what is at stake goes much beyond Mali itself. More from VOA National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin.

Explainer: What Are US Military Options to Help Ukraine?

President Joe Biden is not planning to answer a further Russian invasion of Ukraine by sending combat troops. But he could pursue a range of less dramatic yet still risky military options, including supporting a post-invasion Ukrainian resistance. The rationale for not directly joining a Russia-Ukraine war is simple. The United States has no treaty obligation to Ukraine, and war with Russia would be an enormous gamble, given its potential for expanding in Europe, destabilizing the region,...

US Charges 4 Belarus Officials With Air Piracy in Reporter's Arrest

U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials Thursday with aircraft piracy for allegedly using a bomb threat ruse to divert a Ryanair flight last year in order to arrest an opposition journalist. The charges, announced by federal prosecutors in New York, recounted how a regularly scheduled passenger plane traveling between Athens, Greece, and Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 23 was diverted to Minsk, Belarus, by air traffic control authorities in Belarus. "Since the...