The General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate. It is usually listed in the top three largest companies in the world. The company was started by the inventor Thomas Edison in 1890. He originally called it Edison Genera...
1. The miners who were trapped deep underground in Chile are starting to go home. All 33 were hospitalized, following their rescue earlier this week. However, doctors say that in general they are all in good health. 2. President Barack Obama is in fu...
Iraqi leaders were all smiles as they welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in the wake of provincial elections last Saturday, which gave new legitimacy to the government and strengthened the hand of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. UN Secretary...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on Israel to carry out a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Israel has rejected those calls, and on Friday continued its bombardment of Gaza, where medical officials say more than 1,100 people have...
The U.N. General Assembly sharply criticized Israel's incursion in the Gaza Strip during an emergency session Thursday. Their meeting began just hours after Israeli said its shells accidentally struck the United Nations' main compound in Gaza, destr...
The U.N. General Assembly has voted to ask the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia earlier this year conforms to international law. From United Nation's headquarters...
The top American military commander in Afghanistan says he needs more troops and economic aid as soon as possible for the battle against insurgents that is getting more violent. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details. Army Gen. David D. McKiern...
Russia says all of its forces in Georgia will be withdrawn by late Friday into a 'buffer zone' around the separatist region of South Ossetia, where Georgian troops will no longer be allowed. Georgia, however, doubts Moscow's assurances, and says the...
Burma's opposition party, the National League for Democracy, says the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is to visit Burma in December to hold talks on the country's political problems. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the NLD was told...
Hours after the Mauritanian president fired top military officials on Wednesday morning, three of the fired officials seized the presidential palace and established a new state council. They have announced that President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abd...