By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 October 2009 Israel is accusing the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah of endangering stability in Lebanon after a mysterious explosion. U.N peacekeepers patrol near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre after an explo...
Russia and Ukraine have ended 2008 with an escalating dispute over gas deliveries through a key pipeline that supplies much of Western Europe. Each side is blaming the other for the dispute. A spokesman for the Russian gas giant, Gazprom, held up a...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 June 2008 Amnesty International says Burma's military government has been forcibly moving people out of the temporary shelters they moved into after Cyclone Nargis. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Amnesty also raise doub...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 June 2008 The U.N.'s top human rights official, Louise Arbour, has lashed out at Burmese authorities for obstructing aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis. Arbour called into question Burma's rights record in her final address t...
By Jim Malone Washington 16 May 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama strongly criticized President Bush and Republican rival John McCain Friday for what he called appalling, dishonest and divisive attacks. Obama's comments at a campaig...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 24 March 2008 U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney said Monday that Hamas militants, backed by Syria and Iran are trying to torpedo current peace negotiations between Israel and moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Jim Tee...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 16 December 2007 Russia's top general has sharply criticized U.S. plans for an anti-ballistic missile shield in Europe and accused the West of using the arms control system as a political tool. He warned that Russia could lau...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 10 December 2007 An Eritrean human rights group is accusing the governments of Sudan and Eritrea of working together to round up and deport Eritreans who have sought refuge from Eritrea's authoritarian government. Nick Wadhams...
By Brian Wagner Caracas 02 December 2007 Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has accused Colombia again of sabotaging a humanitarian deal that he was trying to negotiate with Colombian rebels. In Caracas, VOA's Brian Wagner reports Mr. Chavez claimed h...
Dakar 23 September 2007 The U.N. Operation in Ivory Coast has issued a report accusing the country's rebel and government forces of committing human-rights violations. But an advisor to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo says the U.N. accusations are f...