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President Trump’s proposed border wall threatens to kill off the last 50 ocelots left in the United States. The endangered striped-and-spotted wild cat species is inbreeding, weakening a population already suffering from loss of habitat. And cutting Texas’s ocelots off from those in Mexico could doom them for good. 

The uproar over President Trump’s controversial decision to fire FBI Director James Comey is playing right into Russia’s hands, in the view of several current and former US intelligence officials. Some on Capitol Hill believe the president fired Comey in order to hinder the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. No matter how the investigation plays out, here’s why Russia can consider the controversy a win.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: The cost of war is immeasurable for eight-year-old Razan Ahmed. The Iraqi girl recently lost most of her right arm in an Islamic State bombing. VOA met Razan at her home in Mosul.

Want to learn Arabic? Try talking to a Syrian refugee. A New York-based startup is pairing displaced Syrian refugees with US residents who want to learn Arabic. The students converse with their tutors — who can be anywhere in the world — via Skype. For the refugees, it’s a chance to earn much-needed income, while the students learn more than just a new language.

VIDEO: After centuries racked by rivalry and war, the creation of the European Union led to decades of peace and prosperity on the continent. A coalition of 28 countries, the EU is the world’s largest economy and has been described as a rising superpower. But recent developments, such Britain’s pursuit of Brexit, and the rise of populist, anti-establishment, anti-EU sentiment, have some wondering what kind of Europe will emerge in the 21st century.

Millions of mobile phone users in Pakistan recently received texts warning them against committing blasphemy. The message came from the country’s government-run communications regulatory agency. Critics think the government’s real target is dissent, which has flourished online.