By David Gollust State Department 16 November 2007 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, beginning a critical political mission to Pakistan late Friday, held a telephone discussion with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Negroponte is in...
By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 12 November 2007 It has been more than a week since President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a move accompanied by daily protests throughout the country. A former state department official who wa...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 October 2007 Uganda has sent diplomats to Somalia to help mediate a peace deal between the country's embattled transitional government and its opponents. As VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 19 September 2007 Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has called for new sanctions against Iran because of its ongoing nuclear program. The call was made during a visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, where Burns met with P...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 June 2007 The senior U.S. diplomat in charge of negotiating an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs has made an unannounced visit to the North Korean capital. Just hours after he arrived, however, North Korea appeared...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 January 2007 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer Friday warned that a stabilization force should be sent into Somalia to prevent further chaos, and announced more funding from the United States to help Somal...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 03 August 2006 France's U.N. ambassador, Jean Marc de la Sabliere, says he is losing confidence in the Security Council's ability to quickly adopt a resolution to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon...
By VOA News 29 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice (file photo) U.S. Secretary of States Condoleezza Rice has marked the 16th anniversary of democratic elections in Burma, which were disregarded by the country's military government. She said the years have be...
16 June 2006 Hoshyar Zebari Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says the role of Iraq's neighbors is key to bringing stability to his nation. But he says that, so far, most of them have not been very helpful. The Iraqi foreign minister made his co...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 May 2006 The U.S. representative to the six-nation talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis says Pyongyang is boycotting the process. Speaking at a U.S.-K...