Islamist insurgents have taken control of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the city returned to calm on Saturday after three days of fighting that left more than 60 peopl...
The governor of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province has confirmed that Pakistan's federal government signed a peace agreement with about 300 tribal leaders in North Waziristan in January. The agreement, which has not been officially acknowledged...
President Bush has met at the White House with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the talks took place at a time of rising tensions on the Pakistan-Afghan border. The Bush administration wants the Pakistanis to...
Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state. The party is facing dismantling, and dozens of its leaders, including the prime minister and president, a po...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 June 2008 Australia's Labor government has promised to maintain a controversial policy aimed at protecting Aboriginal children in remote settlements, a year after police and troops were sent into indigenous camps. Aborigines...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 14 June 2008 Eritrea has dominated discussions at an East African summit in Addis Ababa attended by all regional leaders except Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the l...
How to build an evaporative cooler. Also, how to prepare fruits and vegetables for cold storage. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But a...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 15 May 2008 The California Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, overturning a state ban on gay marriage. Mike O'Sullivan reports, California will become the second U.S. state, after Mas...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 11 March 2008 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto is asking lawmakers in Japan's divided parliament to support his candidacy as central bank chief. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, opposition members in parliam...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 12 December 2007 A top commander in the Lebanese Army was killed in an explosion targeting his vehicle, outside Beirut, this morning. He is the ninth top figure to be assassinated since 2005 and the third in six months, as E...