https://editorials.voa.gov Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://editorials.voa.gov/Content/responsive/VOA/en-US-POLICY/img/logo.png https://editorials.voa.gov en 2026 - VOA 60 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:43:00 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA “The United States condemns in the strongest terms the continued horrific violence across Sudan, particularly in El Fasher and elsewhere in Darfur and the Kordofan region,” said Ambassador Jeffrey Bartos, U.S. Representative for UN Management and Reform. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/those-committing-atrocities-in-sudan-must-be-held-accountable/8097407.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/those-committing-atrocities-in-sudan-must-be-held-accountable/8097407.html Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:11:52 -0500 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The United States does not recognize Nicolas Maduro or his cronies as the legitimate government of Venezuela, stated U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz at the Security Council. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/maduro-is-a-fugitive-from-american-justice/8097100.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/maduro-is-a-fugitive-from-american-justice/8097100.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:24:31 -0500 DemocracySecurity voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) Two-thousand years ago, in a world riven by strife, poverty, and hatred, Jesus of Nazareth, known to millions of Christians as "the Christ," or "anointed one" was born in a stable in Bethlehem. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/christmas-2025/8095308.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/christmas-2025/8095308.html Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Ideals and Institutions voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has sanctioned a network of individuals and entities in the entertainment industry involved in providing material support to TdA. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/treasury-sanctions-tda-individuals-and-networks-/8089819.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/treasury-sanctions-tda-individuals-and-networks-/8089819.html Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:06:08 -0500 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The United States is further countering Iran’s destabilizing activities by designating an international illicit financial network, along with several individuals and entities based in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/disrupting-iran-s-illicit-revenue-flows/8067796.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/disrupting-iran-s-illicit-revenue-flows/8067796.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:04:31 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s already severe restrictions on human rights worsened in a number of areas during” 2024, according to the recently released State Department Report on Human Rights. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/serious-human-rights-abuses-continue-in-iran/8063428.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/serious-human-rights-abuses-continue-in-iran/8063428.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:48:55 -0400 Human Rights voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) In an effort to protect Americans from the scourge of cocaine trafficking, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated four Costa Rican nationals, as well as two Costa Rica-based entities, for their involvement in narcotics trafficking and money laundering. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/us-sanctions-costa-rican-cocaine-traffickers-/8058680.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/us-sanctions-costa-rican-cocaine-traffickers-/8058680.html Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:00:08 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) President Donald Trump will no longer allow the U.S. asylum system to be abused. The recent signing of a Safe Third Country Agreement with Paraguay allows asylum seekers in the United States to pursue their protection claims in Paraguay. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/us-signs-third-country-asylum-agreement-with-paraguay/8057721.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/us-signs-third-country-asylum-agreement-with-paraguay/8057721.html Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:48:07 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The State Department has imposed visa restrictions on African, Cuban, Grenadian, and Brazilian government officials, and their family members, for their part in the Cuban regime’s medical mission scheme. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/sanctioning-those-involved-in-cuba-s-medical-mission-scheme-/8056498.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/sanctioning-those-involved-in-cuba-s-medical-mission-scheme-/8056498.html Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 EconomyHuman Rights voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) Acting U.S. Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Dorothy Shea called on the Houthis to release all hostages and “cease immediately and permanently" attacks against vessels transiting the Red Sea. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/houthis-continue-to-terrorize-region/8056474.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/houthis-continue-to-terrorize-region/8056474.html Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:55:52 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital announced the recent execution of its first direct loan to strengthen the U.S. industrial base and its critical minerals supply chains. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/protecting-us-critical-minerals-supply-chains/8056472.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/protecting-us-critical-minerals-supply-chains/8056472.html Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:44:45 -0400 EconomySecurity voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned an armed group in Rwanda involved in illegal mining operations. Additionally, these sanctions target companies in the DRC and China that are engaged in trading conflict-linked minerals from the DRC on international markets. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/sanctioning-critical-minerals-traffickers-in-eastern-drc-/8056180.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/sanctioning-critical-minerals-traffickers-in-eastern-drc-/8056180.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:21:14 -0400 EconomyHuman Rights voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) In a sweeping move to defund the Iranian regime, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated more than 50 individuals and entities and identified more than 50 vessels that are part of the vast shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/targeting-iran-s-elites-who-fund-deadly-iranian-regime-/8053549.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/targeting-iran-s-elites-who-fund-deadly-iranian-regime-/8053549.html Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:43:51 -0400 SecurityEconomy voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is increasing its reward offer for information leading to the identification or location of the leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/reward-for-terrorist-sa-ad-bin-atef-al-awlaki/8052540.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/reward-for-terrorist-sa-ad-bin-atef-al-awlaki/8052540.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:15:56 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) Jean Morose Viliena, the former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced on June 20th, to nine years in prison by a federal judge for possessing and using a Permanent Resident Card he had fraudulently obtained. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/haitian-human-rights-violator-sentenced/8041691.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/haitian-human-rights-violator-sentenced/8041691.html Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) The United States has started a new era in its relationship with Syria. Following President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the United States is working towards ceasing U.S. sanctions on the war-torn nation. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/easing-sanctions-is-helping-syria/8040815.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/easing-sanctions-is-helping-syria/8040815.html Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:12:37 -0400 SecurityHuman Rights voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) June 19 is a U.S. national holiday known as Juneteenth. It combines the words June and Nineteenth, the day in 1865 on which the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were freed. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/juneteenth-2025/8039913.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/juneteenth-2025/8039913.html Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0400 Ideals and Institutions voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) "The Houthis continue to threaten regional peace and stability and the well-being of the Yemeni people,” she warned Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Acting U.S. Representative to the United Nations. “However, https://editorials.voa.gov/a/houthis-continue-to-pose-a-threat/8039926.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/houthis-continue-to-pose-a-threat/8039926.html Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:34:48 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) “We are now in a moment of great opportunity in which Syria, with international support, can come into compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and [UN] Resolution 2118,” said John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/a-new-chapter-in-us-syrian-relations/8038044.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/a-new-chapter-in-us-syrian-relations/8038044.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:21:24 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy) “The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, has underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas,” declared President Donald Trump. https://editorials.voa.gov/a/combatting-terrorism-through-common-sense-security-/8036833.html https://editorials.voa.gov/a/combatting-terrorism-through-common-sense-security-/8036833.html Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:56:10 -0400 Security voadigital@voanews.com (VOA Policy)