Dozens of military chaplains and grief counselors are heading to the Fort Hood army base in the U.S. state of Texas where a shooting rampage left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. Authorities say the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, fired at so...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 September 2007 The UN refugee agency reports at least 56 people have died violently in the past few days while trying to make the perilous crossing from Somalia to Yemen. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 26 June 2007 A heat wave has killed dozens of people in Central and Southeastern Europe, most in Romania, where authorities have issued a code orange alert in the capital Bucharest and in eight counties. There are also concerns...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 14 April 2007 Iraqi police say a car bomb has exploded in a crowded bus station in the southern Shi'ite city of Karbala, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100 others. In Baghdad, insurgents have attacked anot...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 12 December 2006 A minibus packed with explosives detonated in a crowded Baghdad square, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 230 others. Most of the victims were poor day laborers waiting for work. From northe...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 23 July 2006 Iraqis gather around the site of a bomb blast, in the predominantly Shiite area of Sadr City, Baghdad, July 23, 2006 More than 60 Iraqis have been killed after bomb attacks in a busy market and outside a...
By Meredith Buel Washington 09 June 2006 The U.S. military says it has conducted dozens of raids in Iraq following the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A military spokesman says the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq initially survived an air...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 May 2006 Afghan civilans, who were injured by the U.S. airstrike on Monday, rest at a local hospital in Kandahar, May 24, 2006 U.S. Military officials in Afghanistan say...