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In many parts of the world, people are watching their freedoms shrink, sometimes gradually, sometimes overnight. Authoritarian governments are tightening

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Toronto Democracy Forum Healing the World by Defending Freedom & Countering Oppression A World Free of Extremism & Authoritarianism The


WASHINGTON — Security forces in Somalia say they killed all six attackers who laid siege to a hotel in the central town of Beledweyne and later killed at least 50 al-Shabab Read more

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the Read more

WASHINGTON — One month ago, on the morning of Feb. 4, forces from Somalia’s Puntland region attacked Islamic State terror group fighters, who responded with drones, suicide attacks and infantry charges. Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on seven senior members of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, the Treasury Department said. The men smuggled military-grade items and weapon systems into Read more

ISLAMABAD — Five soldiers and at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a twin suicide bombing Tuesday that targeted a military compound in northwestern Pakistan, according Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday reinstated the "foreign terrorist organization" designation for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took Read more

JERUSALEM — Israel's defense ministry said Saturday the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus, asserting that the minority it has vowed Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaida that announced its dissolution in January. The U.S. Central Read more

BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders Read more

ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria's National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) warns that terrorist groups are getting more sophisticated — using new technologies and exploiting political and economic grievances to expand their operations. Read more

WASHINGTON — When Naveeda Khoshbo published her book of political analysis in 2019, she received widespread praise and recognition. For many, "it was the first time that they were reading a Read more

Reza Valizadeh, a dual-citizen Iranian American journalist imprisoned in Iran, ended his hunger strike after six days on Thursday out of concern for his mother, who went on the hunger Read more

washington — A Guatemalan judge ordered prominent journalist Jose Ruben Zamora back to prison this week in a move that the leader of his legal team called “inhumane.” Zamora on Monday Read more

WASHINGTON — The son of imprisoned pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai this week brought the campaign to secure his father’s release to the Trump administration in Washington. Nearly two months into President Read more

A High Court judge in Zimbabwe on Wednesday adjourned the case of a journalist arrested over his interviews with a war veteran-turned-politician who criticized the country's president. Blessed Mhlanga, a Read more

A self-described member of a Russian organized crime group told a court on Tuesday that he tried to kill the Iranian American journalist and VOA host Masih Alinejad in New Read more

More than two years have passed since police stopped a man who was loitering outside the New York home of Iranian dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad. Inside his car, they Read more

Gert Kuiper was in a bar in Madrid when a newscast announced that his brother had been killed while reporting on El Salvador’s civil war. It was more than 40 Read more

Across Pacific Island nations, journalists are pushing back on draconian laws and defamation cases, while weighing the cost of Chinese economic help against true editorial freedom. VOA’s Jessica Stone has Read more

In a win for Elon Musk's X corporation, the U.S. state of California will no longer require social media companies to report about their content moderation practices. VOA's Matt Dibble Read more

Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime. Read more

The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about the four shark attacks in 48 hours along Australia's New South Wales coast. Read more

A pilot and two passengers were on board the aircraft when it disappeared in cloudy weather, police say. Read more

The president wants to bring to the US tiny vehicles, like those commonly seen on the streets of Japan. Read more

The BBC speaks to eyewitnesses and survivors of the fire that ripped through a busy Pakistan shopping centre. Read more

Kuong Li featured in a 2023 BBC Eye investigation into alleged scam compounds in South East Asia. Read more

Authorities are warning people to stay out of the Australian state's waterways after recent rainfall. Read more

Beijing has been trying hard to encourage more young people to marry and have children. Read more

In three separate incidents, a 12-year-old was also injured and an 11-year-old received assistance after his surfboard was bitten. Read more

The blast caused noticeable tremors in the area and sent large plumes of smoke into the sky. Read more


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