Новости за 15.03.2024

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections and for Israel must make "significant course corrections" to achieve lasting peace with the Palestinians, criticizing the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. International Edition host Steve Miller speaks with Jeremy Pressman, political science professor and director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut about the remarks, possible implications for US-Israeli ties, and the war. Читать дальше...

As Israel comes under growing international criticism for its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, many evangelical Christians have been traveling to the country to show their support for the Jewish state. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Tel Aviv. Camera: Ricki Rosen.

President Joe Biden faces uncertain prospects in the key swing state of Michigan, where more than 100,000 Democratic voters chose “uncommitted” rather than the president in the recent primary. On Thursday, he visited Saginaw. VOA’s Anita Powell, traveling with the president, reports.

The White House is urging senators to quickly begin considering a bill that would address national security concerns related to the social media app TikTok. The House approved the measure earlier this week. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports. Camera: Saqib Ul Islam.

washington — North Korea is operating more than 50 restaurants staffed by its citizens in more than 10 Chinese cities in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a diplomatic source. The North Korean regime takes most of the wages its workers earn abroad to fund its nuclear and missile programs. The source, who asked not to be named because the person was not authorized to speak to the press, provided the names of the restaurants in Korean and Chinese and their addresses in China to VOA's Korean Service. Читать дальше...

Russia has rebranded its Wagner paramilitary group as an "expeditionary corps" now controlled by Moscow’s military intelligence arm, and the force is offering a "regime survival package" to autocratic regimes in Africa, Britain’s Royal United Services Institute says. Henry Ridgwell reports.

washington — China’s state-owned plane manufacturer is facing industry skepticism over its claims that its newest passenger aircraft, the C919, can break the passenger-jet duopoly of Boeing and Airbus. COMAC’s promotional tour through the fast-growing aviation markets of Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia ended in Malaysia on Wednesday, according to China’s official Xinghua news agency. At each stop, the Shanghai-headquartered enterprise presented its C919 to potential buyers as... Читать дальше...

washington — As Syria's conflict enters its 14th year, analysts say a permanent political resolution for the war-torn country remains elusive. Despite gradually recapturing most of the territory previously held by anti-government rebels, forces loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and their Russian and Iranian allies remain engaged in several battles, particularly in the northwestern part of the country, where rebels and Turkish-backed groups still control some territories. Читать дальше...

Washington — The husband and two daughters of an American journalist jailed in Russia are in Washington this week to call on the U.S. government to do more to help secure the reporter’s release.  Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian national, has been jailed in Russia since October 2023 on charges of failing to register as a so-called foreign agent and spreading what Moscow views as false information about the Russian army.  Kurmasheva is a Prague-based editor at the Tatar-Bashkir service of... Читать дальше...

Turkey's defense industry claims to have entered the exclusive club of stealth jet manufacturers with last month's first flight of its Kaan fighter jet. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, analysts say the stealth jet is yet to prove itself.

washington — VOA has recently obtained video footage depicting Rohingya from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps being trained as soldiers in Rakhine state, the scene of heavy fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and ethnic armed groups. The footage shows the young refugees armed with weapons and undergoing military training, revealing what appears to be forcible recruitment by the junta. Experts and witnesses say they believe the young recruits will be used as human shields by the junta... Читать дальше...