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(Myanmar) Journalists’ Group Calls for Release of Reporters in Myanmar (VoA)

The Society of Professional Journalists, saying it is "frustrated and fed up" with the arrests of reporters doing their jobs, has called on Myanmar...

(USA/Somalia/al-Shabab) Somalia Fears New US Airstrike Guidance Is Benefiting al-Shabab (VoA)

Harun Maruf, Jeff Seldin A key U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism is growing increasingly uneasy about the Biden administration’s new guidance on the...

(USA/Mexico) US Gives Hope to Previously Denied Asylum-Seekers in Camp (VoA)

In a camp at the U.S.-Mexico border, some asylum-seekers were told by officials that the U.S. government may reopen their cases and they would...

(Innovation/Technology) Twitter Founder’s Auction of First Tweet Draws $2 Million Bid (VoA)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching $2 million in a sign of the appetite for...

(Yemen) Fighting in Yemen’s Marib Kills 90 in 24 hours, Government Military Sources Say (VoA)

Fierce fighting between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels has killed at least 90 combatants on both sides in the past 24 hours,...

(Lebanon) Lebanon on Edge as Protests Persist, Caretaker PM Pleads for New Government (VoA)

Demonstrators blocked various roadways across Lebanon for the fifth day in a row Saturday, and a heavy army presence filled parts of the capital...

(USA) What You Need to Know About the $1.9T COVID Bill (VoA)

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday came one step closer to his first major political victory: passage of his coronavirus economic relief package. https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/what-you-need-know-about-19t-covid-bill

(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope Francis Visits Iraqi Christians Who Suffered ‘Years of Difficulties’ Under IS (VoA)

Pope Francis, who is on an historic Iraq tour, Sunday visits Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the...

(Myanmar) Myanmar Security Forces Arrest at Least 3 in Night Raids (VoA)

Myanmar security forces conducted overnight raids Saturday night into Sunday morning in several districts of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, residents said. https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/myanmar-security-forces-arrest-least-3-night-raids

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