By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 04 March 2008 A suicide bomb attack on one of Pakistan's premier military academies has killed at least five people and wounded 19 others. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad the bombing marks the fifth suicide bl...
By Barry Wood Washington 25 February 2008 Analysts say violence in Belgrade and the burning of the U.S. embassy there demonstrate the potential for ethnic conflict in the Balkans. The protesters blamed the United States and the European Union for app...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 February 2008 Nigeria's oil industry is bracing for renewed raids following the extradition to Nigeria of a man believed to be the leader of the country's key militant group. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that peace t...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 08 February 2008 A woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing two pilots and threatening to blow up a 19-seat commuter plane in New Zealand. Police say the mid-air drama took place over the country's South Island. From Syd...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 01 February 2008 Suspected Islamic militants attacked the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, early Friday. Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, two Mauritanians and a French woman were wounded when the attac...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 22 January 2008 Islamic militants attacked and killed five Pakistani soldiers in the country's tribal mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan as analysts say the al-Qaida-linked fighters appear to be gain...
By Deborah Block Baghdad 10 January 2008 U.S. bombers and fighters have launched a massive air assault on what are being described as al-Qaida in Iraq safehouses on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. VOA's Deborah Block has the story from the Iraqi c...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 January 2008 At least three Palestinian gunmen and four civilians have been killed in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there has been an escalation of military activi...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 28 December 2007 Mauritania is investigating a second deadly attack less than five days after four French tourists were killed. The government is blaming the killings on a terrorist organization. In the latest attack, four sold...
By Deborah Block Baghdad 07 December 2007 Iraqi police say separate bomb attacks have killed at least 26 people and wounded about 30 others in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad. Authorities say at least 16 people were killed in one attack...