https://www.voazimbabwe.com/z/3154 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/3154 en 2026 - VOA 60 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:35:43 +0200 Pangea CMS – VOA Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for a U.S. ceasefire proposal to halt Russia’s war with Ukraine but stressed that details would have to be worked out. “We agree with the proposals to halt the fighting, but we proceed from the assumption that the ceasefire should lead to lasting peace and remove the root causes of the crisis,” Putin told reporters Thursday in Moscow. “Maybe I should call President [Donald] Trump and have a discussion with him,” he said. At the White... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/putin-expresses-support-for-ceasefire-but-says-details-must-be-worked-out/8009968.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/putin-expresses-support-for-ceasefire-but-says-details-must-be-worked-out/8009968.html Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:19:23 +0200 USA JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — U.S. and Ukrainian officials met Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for talks on efforts to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, with both sides saying Kyiv supports a U.S. proposed 30-day ceasefire. A joint statement released after the talks said, “Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-ukraine-talks-kyiv-supports-proposed-30-day-ceasefire-in-war-with-russia/8007147.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-ukraine-talks-kyiv-supports-proposed-30-day-ceasefire-in-war-with-russia/8007147.html Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:02:43 +0200 USA JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the United States hopes to resolve the pause in aid to Ukraine during talks Tuesday with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rubio said the U.S. is in a listening mode and aims to understand what concessions Ukraine might be willing to make. “The Ukrainians are already receiving all defensive intelligence information as we speak. I think all the notion of the pause in aid broadly is something I hope we can... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-in-saudi-arabia-for-us-ukraine-talks-hopes-to-resolve-ukraine-aid-pause/8006274.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-in-saudi-arabia-for-us-ukraine-talks-hopes-to-resolve-ukraine-aid-pause/8006274.html Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:47:52 +0200 USA By Ken Bredemeier   U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed his new 25% tariffs on most Mexican exports to the United States for four weeks after hearing directly from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on how her government had helped curb the flow of migrants and the deadly opioid fentanyl into the United States. Trump said on his Truth Social media platform that the reprieve on tariffs would extend to April 2 and not be imposed on Mexican goods imported by U.S. companies... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-delays-tariffs-on-most-mexican-exports-to-us-/8001727.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-delays-tariffs-on-most-mexican-exports-to-us-/8001727.html Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:11:20 +0200 USA U.S. President Donald Trump began his first speech to Congress of his second term by proclaiming that “America is back,” triggering chants of “USA” from Republican lawmakers. “Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the Golden Age of America. From that moment on, it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country,” Trump said. Trump said his administration has... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-america-is-back-/7998303.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-america-is-back-/7998303.html Wed, 05 Mar 2025 06:56:58 +0200 USA By Katherine Gypson U.S. President Donald Trump will address Congress Tuesday night, capping some of the most consequential first weeks of any U.S. presidency. Usually known as the State of the Union in non-inauguration years, the address will provide Trump with a public stage to lay out his vision for the U.S. economy and immigration policy, and allow him to defend recent controversial decisions to cut the federal workforce and confront Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-s-first-address-to-congress-in-five-years-will-focus-on-key-foreign-domestic-policy-issues/7997673.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-s-first-address-to-congress-in-five-years-will-focus-on-key-foreign-domestic-policy-issues/7997673.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:10:28 +0200 USA By Jessica Jerreat The U.S. Agency for Global Media on Thursday announced that journalist-turned-politician Kari Lake will join the agency as a special adviser. A journalist for 30 years, Lake was named by President Donald Trump in December as the person he would like to have lead Voice of America (VOA). Lake’s selection for that role has been slowed while Trump’s pick to head the USAGM — conservative political activist and writer L. Brent Bozell III — awaits his Senate confirmation... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/usagm-announces-kari-lake-as-special-adviser/7992683.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/usagm-announces-kari-lake-as-special-adviser/7992683.html Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:30:29 +0200 USA U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the fate of the Gaza Strip if the war is ended. The new top U.S. diplomat met with both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan. Ahead of time, their talks were expected to center on U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to move 2.3 million Palestinians out of Gaza into neighboring countries, with the U.S. then redeveloping the... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-in-saudi-arabia-for-talks-on-fate-of-gaza-/7978252.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rubio-in-saudi-arabia-for-talks-on-fate-of-gaza-/7978252.html Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:08:37 +0200 USA voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) 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 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. In addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large workplace cuts would be coming. The decision on probationary workers, who generally have less than... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-administration-lays-off-probationary-employees-plans-large-scale-cuts/7975545.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-administration-lays-off-probationary-employees-plans-large-scale-cuts/7975545.html Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:14:29 +0200 USA By Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans may face economic “pain” because of new tariffs he is imposing on the country’s three biggest trading partners —Canada, China and Mexico — but contended that it would be “worth the price” to bolster U.S. interests. Despite sharing a free-trade pact he negotiated with Canada and Mexico in his first term in office, Trump on Saturday imposed 25% tariffs on the two countries set to take effect Tuesday, and hit China... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-americans-could-face-pain-with-new-tariffs-on-key-trading-partners-/7960576.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-americans-could-face-pain-with-new-tariffs-on-key-trading-partners-/7960576.html Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:24:32 +0200 USA Efforts are continuing Friday to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a midair collision outside of Washington that killed 67 people Wednesday night. Investigators from multiple U.S. agencies recovered so-called black boxes from the American Airlines jet that broke into several pieces in the Potomac River after colliding with a U.S. military helicopter in the incident. Fire department officials said divers intend to "salvage the aircraft" and find additional components. The National... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/recovery-mission-investigation-into-washington-plane-crash-continue/7958319.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/recovery-mission-investigation-into-washington-plane-crash-continue/7958319.html Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:04:28 +0200 USA voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News)   By Patsy Widakuswara and Aline Barros WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would sign an executive action directing his administration to prepare to detain undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. detention facility is known mostly for housing military prisoners and terror suspects, including those involved in the 9/11 attacks and members of the Taliban. His order will instruct the Defense and Homeland Security departments to prepare... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-says-he-will-detain-undocumented-migrants-at-guantanamo-bay/7957384.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-says-he-will-detain-undocumented-migrants-at-guantanamo-bay/7957384.html Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:27:47 +0200 USA The State Department on Wednesday sought to clarify President Donald Trump's order to freeze and review foreign development aid after the top U.S. diplomat blunted some of the chaos that ensued with an emergency order that could shield the world's largest HIV program from the 90-day funding freeze. At the White House, Trump said his pauses to foreign and domestic funding are part of his administration's effort to root out "tremendous waste and fraud and abuse." Secretary of State Marco... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/state-department-says-trump-froze-foreign-aid-to-root-out-waste-/7957363.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/state-department-says-trump-froze-foreign-aid-to-root-out-waste-/7957363.html Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:15:24 +0200 USA Federal and local officials in Washington, D.C. said Thursday there were no survivors following the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. military helicopter near Washington late Wednesday, and recovery operations are continuing. The American Airlines flight, operated by affiliate PSA Airlines, carried 64 passengers and crew, and the helicopter had a crew of three on what was classified as a training flight. The two aircraft collided as the passenger... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/no-survivors-following-plane-helicopter-collision-near-washington/7957246.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/no-survivors-following-plane-helicopter-collision-near-washington/7957246.html Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:08:06 +0200 USA voadigital@voanews.com (VOA News) By Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a series of tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures against Colombia after it rejected two U.S. military flights carrying migrants. “These measures are just the beginning,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-orders-sanctions-against-colombia-after-it-refused-migrant-deportation-flights/7951238.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-orders-sanctions-against-colombia-after-it-refused-migrant-deportation-flights/7951238.html Mon, 27 Jan 2025 02:33:32 +0200 USA By Katherine Gypson The U.S. Senate late Friday night approved Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, on a mostly party-line, 51-50 vote. Vice President JD Vance broke the 50-50 tie in the 100-member Senate, casting the deciding vote. It is only the second time in U.S. history that a vice president, who is president of the Senate, had to break a tie for a nominee. The vote followed days of Senate debate over Hegseth’s fitness for the top civilian role... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-senate-approves-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-by-51-50-vote/7950326.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-senate-approves-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-by-51-50-vote/7950326.html Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:46:30 +0200 USA U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would soon talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to push the Russian leader to end his nearly three-year war on neighboring Ukraine. "Millions of young lives are being wasted. That war is horrible," Trump, via video link from Washington, told global business leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He said "Ukraine is ready to make a deal," although no peace negotiations have been announced. "This is... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-says-he-will-talk-with-putin-soon-about-ending-russia-s-war-against-ukraine/7948157.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-says-he-will-talk-with-putin-soon-about-ending-russia-s-war-against-ukraine/7948157.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:07:33 +0200 USA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — A U.S. federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" during the first hearing in a multistate effort challenging the order. The temporary restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first to get a hearing before a judge and applies nationally. The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and several... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-s-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/7948146.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-s-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/7948146.html Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:56:53 +0200 USA President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced Brent Bozell III as his nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA and other independent news networks. Bozell is a conservative political activist and writer who founded the Media Research Center, an organization set up to counter what it identifies as liberal bias in media and popular culture. MRC has also challenged technology companies that it says were suppressing conservative voices. A date for Bozell’s... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-selects-nominee-to-lead-us-global-media-agency/7948139.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trump-selects-nominee-to-lead-us-global-media-agency/7948139.html Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:48:15 +0200 USA