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More than 350 migrants boarded eight buses to Tapachula, Chiapas on August 6. Some felt their choice was either to leave or face possible kidnapping or extortion on Nuevo Laredo’s streets. (R. Taylor/VOA)

US-Bound Migrants, Asylum-Seekers Wait Out Policy Changes

Despite the odds against them, migrants and asylum-seekers from the Americas, Africa and beyond await their fates along America’s southern border

Telling America's Story

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Native American 'Aunties' Raise Funds to Feed Migrants

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‘Ghost Ships’ Become New US Marine Sanctuary

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Headlines

Saudi Arabia: Drone Attacks Halted Half Its Oil Production

NATO Commander Expects Violence, to Work for Safe Afghan Elections

Taliban Restores Security Guarantees to Red Cross in Afghanistan

Hong Kong Protesters, Police Clash

Tropical Storm Humberto Forecast to Strengthen into Hurricane

UAW Contract with GM Expires; Strike Possible Sunday Night

World News

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 28, 2019. At left is then-National Security Adviser John Bolton.

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With New North Korea-US Talks Likely, Will a Deal Result?

Tourists at the medina in Tunis are flanked by campaign posters, Sept. 13, 2019. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Middle East

Tunisians Head to Polls in Wide Open Election

Video

Last Public Sendoff for Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Draws Light Turnout

Last Public Sendoff for Zimbabwe's Mugabe Draws Light Turnout

Survey: Americans Support Continued Engagement in Global Affairs

Survey: Americans Support Continued Engagement in Global Affairs

In Northern India, an All-Women Team at a Rail Station Breaks Gender Stereotypes

India's First All Women-run Train Station Steams Ahead

The Fate of Syria's Idlib to Top Turkey, Russia, Iran Talks

The Fate of Syria's Idlib to Top Turkey, Russia, Iran Talks

Special Report

SHOURA

An experiment in reconciliation in post-Islamic State Iraq

Watch the documentary at voanews.com/shoura

More About U.S.

First Love, Then Marriage, More US Couples Skip Baby Carriage

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How (Historically) Presidential Are the Democratic Candidates?

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Plugged in with Greta Van Susteren

The New Global Arms Race

Extremism Watch

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, arrives with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison before bilateral talks in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, July 19, 2019. (Julian Smith/Pool Photo via AP)

Extremism Watch

Governments Increase Efforts Against Online Extremism, Raising Hopes

Press Freedom

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) awarded Vietnamese journalist and blogger Pham Doan Trang a 2019 Press Freedom Prize for Impact, Sept. 12, 2019 in Berlin.

Vietnamese Blogger Wins Press Freedom Award