https://www.voazimbabwe.com/z/3164 The Voice of America is one of the world's most trusted sources for news and information from the United States and around the world. VOA is a multi media news organization using radio, television, and the internet to distribute content in 45 languages. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-ZW/img/logo.png https://www.voazimbabwe.com/z/3164 en 2026 - VOA 60 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:32:55 +0200 Pangea CMS – VOA By Nike Ching State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday for U.S.-Ukraine talks as President Donald Trump pushes to broker a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine war. While in Jeddah, Rubio will also meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud to discuss ways to advance shared interests in the region and strengthen the U.S.-Saudi relationship, said State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. According to the State... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-heads-to-saudi-arabia-for-us-ukraine-talks-then-canada-for-g7/8004316.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-heads-to-saudi-arabia-for-us-ukraine-talks-then-canada-for-g7/8004316.html Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:28:58 +0200 World The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of “acute respiratory insufficiency,” with a prognosis that “remains guarded.” The pope’s condition is the result of “a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” the Vatican said in a statement. The Vatican said Francis, 88, underwent two bronchoscopies to remove the mucus and later resumed the use of noninvasive mechanical ventilation. He remains “alert, oriented and cooperative at... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/pope-francis-prognosis-is-guarded-after-suffering-new-breathing-crises/7995848.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/pope-francis-prognosis-is-guarded-after-suffering-new-breathing-crises/7995848.html Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:52:50 +0200 World voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) A top Hamas leader says that the militant group plans to release six more living Israeli hostages from their Gaza captivity on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday. Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya made the surprise announcement in a recorded statement Tuesday, an apparent response to the Israeli decision to allow long-requested mobile homes and construction equipment into the Gaza Strip. The six living hostages are the last set to be freed under the first phase of the... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-says-it-will-release-10-more-hostages-six-of-them-living/7979760.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-says-it-will-release-10-more-hostages-six-of-them-living/7979760.html Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:13:15 +0200 World The U.S. fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in Gaza on Sunday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying that Hamas “must be eradicated” and "cannot continue as a military or government force." Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem at the start of a regional tour as the first phase of a tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire expires in two weeks, with the second segment yet to be negotiated. Rubio, on his first trip to the Middle East as the new top U.S.... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-hamas-must-be-eradicated-/7977097.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-hamas-must-be-eradicated-/7977097.html Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:36:01 +0200 WorldUSA Hamas released three more hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners as a fragile ceasefire appears to be holding despite recent tensions. Israeli American Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, reportedly was taken captive when he confronted Hamas militants during their Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack in southern Israel. Two months after his capture, his wife, Avital, gave birth to their third daughter. Also released was Israeli Russian Sasha... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-releases-3-more-israeli-hostages-israel-frees-more-prisoners/7976389.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-releases-3-more-israeli-hostages-israel-frees-more-prisoners/7976389.html Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:02:14 +0200 World voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) U.S. President Donald Trump says Palestinians living in Gaza now would be moved to an unspecified location outside the territory and have no right to return under his plan for the enclave. Trump, in an interview with Fox News released Monday, called his plan for the narrow territory along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea a "real estate development for the future." “I would own it," he said, adding that the 2.3 million Palestinians now living in war-ravaged Gaza would be moved to as... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-palestinians-won-t-have-right-to-return-under-his-gaza-plan/7969842.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-palestinians-won-t-have-right-to-return-under-his-gaza-plan/7969842.html Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:22:52 +0200 World Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, which is part of a fragile ceasefire deal. It comes on the heels of Hamas freeing three more Israeli hostages earlier in the day. This is the fifth exchange since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect last month. It comes amid the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump continuing to promote his plan to take ownership of the Gaza Strip. Eighteen of those released... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-releases-3-israeli-hostages-as-ceasefire-deal-holds/7968089.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-releases-3-israeli-hostages-as-ceasefire-deal-holds/7968089.html Sat, 08 Feb 2025 23:58:41 +0200 World voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his plan for the United States to take ownership of the Gaza Strip should be viewed as a real estate transaction, but he offered no timetable, saying “we’re in no rush on it.” The president made the comments as he and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with reporters at the White House before the two leaders held talks. Responding to a question about his Gaza proposal, Trump said that his plan had been “very well received,”... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-sees-us-takeover-of-gaza-as-real-estate-transaction-/7967267.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-sees-us-takeover-of-gaza-as-real-estate-transaction-/7967267.html Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:46:34 +0200 World U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Israel would turn the Gaza Strip over to the United States after the war with Hamas ends and that no U.S. soldiers would be needed there. Trump, who has called for U.S. ownership of the narrow territory along the Mediterranean Sea, issued the statement on Truth Social. Under his plan, he said, more than 2 million Palestinians now inhabiting the war-ravaged land “would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities,... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-israel-to-hand-gaza-over-to-us-when-war-with-hamas-ends/7965830.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-israel-to-hand-gaza-over-to-us-when-war-with-hamas-ends/7965830.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:57:34 +0200 World By Ken Bredemeier U.S. allies and adversaries alike on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take ownership of the Gaza Strip, force 2 million Palestinians to move to other countries and then turn the territory along the Mediterranean Sea into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Global reaction to Trump’s suggestion, offered at a White House news conference Tuesday evening alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was swift and mostly... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/countries-leaders-denounce-trump-proposal-for-us-ownership-of-gaza/7964373.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/countries-leaders-denounce-trump-proposal-for-us-ownership-of-gaza/7964373.html Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:21:44 +0200 World By Patsy Widakuswara   WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday that places 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China starting Tuesday, the White House said. "Both Canada and Mexico have allowed an unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanyl that is killing American citizens, and also illegal immigrants into our country," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing Friday. Trump,... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-places-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-china/7960107.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-places-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-china/7960107.html Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:32:14 +0200 World Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages Saturday, the latest in a series of exchanges agreed to in a deal aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. French Israeli Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Israeli Yarden Bibas, 35, were handed over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis before being returned to Israel. Israeli American Keith Siegel, 65, was released hours later at the Gaza City seaport. Bibas was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz during... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-frees-3-hostages-in-latest-ceasefire-exchange-with-israel/7959666.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-frees-3-hostages-in-latest-ceasefire-exchange-with-israel/7959666.html Sun, 02 Feb 2025 01:58:00 +0200 World BEIJING —  China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease. The ban, which also includes processed and unprocessed products, comes after the World Health Organization released information of disease outbreaks in various countries, according to a series of announcements by China's General Administration of Customs dated... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/china-bans-livestock-product-imports-from-numerous-countries-on-disease-worries/7952274.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/china-bans-livestock-product-imports-from-numerous-countries-on-disease-worries/7952274.html Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:37:28 +0200 World A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday, seemingly starting a six-week pause in 15 months of fighting in Gaza and setting the stage for the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants, including three young women freed in the first hours of the truce. The truce started at 11:15 a.m. local time and hours later, a Red Cross convoy headed into Gaza, the narrow strip of land along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and secured the release of Romi Gonen, 24, Emily... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-hold-with-first-hostages-freed/7942409.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-hold-with-first-hostages-freed/7942409.html Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:57:49 +0200 World SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month. Yoon's arrest could mark the beginning of an extended period in custody for him, lasting months or more. The decision to arrest Yoon triggered unrest at the Seoul Western District Court, where dozens of his supporters... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/south-korea-s-impeached-president-formally-arrested-supporters-riot/7941919.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/south-korea-s-impeached-president-formally-arrested-supporters-riot/7941919.html Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:22:37 +0200 World By Patsy Widakuswara WHITE HOUSE —  Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, with 24 ministers voting in favor and eight ministers rejecting the agreement. The deal is scheduled to be implemented beginning Sunday. The deal to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas was achieved after more than a year of negotiations, with mediation from the United States, Qatar and Egypt. U.S. President Joe Biden first endorsed the deal in May. The warring parties... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/gaza-ceasefire-set-to-begin-implementing-it-will-be-up-to-trump/7941917.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/gaza-ceasefire-set-to-begin-implementing-it-will-be-up-to-trump/7941917.html Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:13:00 +0200 World The Israeli security Cabinet has recommended approving the Gaza ceasefire and hostage return agreement, ahead of a full Cabinet meeting expected later Friday, according to a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office. Despite some uncertainty over the timing of the final Cabinet approval, the deal is expected to begin as originally scheduled on Sunday, the prime minister’s office said. “Pending approval by the Security Cabinet and the Government, and the agreement taking... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israeli-security-cabinet-recommends-gaza-ceasefire-deal/7941134.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israeli-security-cabinet-recommends-gaza-ceasefire-deal/7941134.html Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:24:12 +0200 World voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) Hamas said Thursday it is committed to the ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militants of backtracking on parts of the agreement. A statement from Netanyahu’s office said Hamas was trying to “extort last-minute concessions.” Netanyahu's office accused Hamas of backtracking on an understanding that he said would give Israel a veto over which Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder would be released in exchange for... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-says-it-is-committed-to-ceasefire-after-netanyahu-accuses-it-of-backtracking/7939423.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/hamas-says-it-is-committed-to-ceasefire-after-netanyahu-accuses-it-of-backtracking/7939423.html Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:46:45 +0200 World SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korean authorities detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol early Wednesday, the country’s anti-corruption agency announced, following a tense, five-hour standoff at his heavily guarded mountain compound in Seoul. Yoon’s motorcade arrived at the anti-corruption office, where he underwent questioning in an insurrection investigation related to his short-lived martial law declaration last month. He was later taken to a detention center near the... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/south-korea-s-yoon-detained-a-first-for-country/7938018.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/south-korea-s-yoon-detained-a-first-for-country/7938018.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:37:59 +0200 World By Anita Powell WASHINGTON — Hamas and Israel have reached a ceasefire that will lead to the release of “some” hostages held by the militant group for more than a year, mediators and U.S. officials said Wednesday. In Washington, Senator Jim Risch, chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, broke the news in the middle of a nomination hearing for Senator Marco Rubio, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state. Risch, in delivering the news, also... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israel-and-hamas-reach-ceasefire-deal/7937984.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/israel-and-hamas-reach-ceasefire-deal/7937984.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:15:10 +0200 World