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VOA Persian: Health of political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri deteriorates

Mashhad, Izeh, Dorud and Tuyserkan, Iran

VOA Russian: Poland approves border securities to deter Russian, Belarusian aggression

FILE – Workers build the first part of a wall intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory, in Tolcze, near Kuznica, Poland, on the border with Belarus Jan. 27, 2022.

VOA Russian: Russian army trying to encircle Ukraine’s Pokrovsk

FILE – A military vehicle passes by a road sign that reads ‘Pokrovsk’ near a front line in the Donetsk region.

3 dead, 90,000 displaced as Malaysia prepares for worst floods in decade

Motorists cross a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in downtown Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, on Nov. 29, 2024.

Family returns to Lebanon to find a crater where their 50-year-old home once stood

Zeina Rida Jawhari, reacts after recovering a photo of her father from the rubble of her destroyed house in Baalbek, Nov. 28, 2024.

Iran to enrich uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN says

FILE – In this June 6, 2018, image taken from video on Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting state-run TV, three versions of centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant.

Russian defense minister visits North Korea for talks with military and political leaders

North Korean Defense Minister No Kwang Chol, left, and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, right, shake hands during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Nov. 29, 2024. (Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Some Zimbabwean farmers turn to maggots to survive drought and thrive

Mari Choumumba stands next to a production tank of maggots at her home in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, on Sept. 18, 2024.

Ukrainian energy workers carry out repairs despite Russia’s pounding of country’s power grid

A worker walks in front of a transformer which was destroyed after a recent Russian missile attack at DTEK’s power plant in Ukraine, Nov. 28, 2024.