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Oil tanker damaged in Houthi missile strike

The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star.

Gaza war protests expand across university campuses in U.S.

Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are digging in at Columbia University and inspiring more and more demonstrations at university campuses across the United States. The protests are causing rising tensions on all sides of emotionally charged issues that have leadership at institutions facing a delicate balance to encourage free speech while protecting students.

VOA Newscasts

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

BBC returns to beach where five migrants died

Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday.

BBC returns to beach where five migrants died

Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday.

Strike on Iraq gas complex kills 4 Yemenis  

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq — Four Yemeni workers were killed Friday in a drone attack on an Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region, local authorities said.   The Khor Mor complex owned by the United Arab Emirates firm Dana Gas has been hit several times in recent years, but Friday's drone strike was the first deadly attack.   "Four Yemeni workers were killed and the field was severely damaged," Kurdistan regional government spokesperson Peshawa Hawramani said… Read Full Article

King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis

LONDON — Britain's King Charles III will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period of recuperation, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. In February, the palace revealed that the 75-year-old king had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer detected in tests after a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate. Although Charles continued with official state business, the diagnosis… Read Full Article

Security firm says missile fire seen off Yemen coast in Red Sea

jerusalem — Missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday damaged a ship traveling through the Red Sea, authorities said.  The attack followed an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign in response to Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.  The private security firm Ambrey said three missiles could be seen in the attack, which landed closest to a Panama-flagged, Seychelles-registered tanker it… Read Full Article