Auto industry executives in Thailand are calling on the government to support the industry, in the face of sharply falling exports and local sales. Layoffs are starting to mount, but analysts are upbeat about the longer term future with more investm...
Bolivian troops have arrested an opposition governor accused of leading attacks that killed at least 15 government supporters. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that unrest in Bolivia has prompted U.S. officials to withdraw aid workers from the c...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 March 2008 In a fresh sign that militant Muslim fighters in Somalia have adopted tactics used by the al-Qaida terror network, Somalia's radical Islamist Shabab group has beheaded three government soldiers guarding a road nort...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 03 March 2008 Afghanistan's top intelligence officer is rejecting a U.S. estimate that only 30 percent of the country is under the control of the central government in Kabul. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad tha...
By Lisa Bryant Brussels 27 September 2007 More than three months after general elections, Belgium remains without a new government. Political parties are wrangling over proposals to hand over greater power to regions and local communities in French-s...
By Tendai Maphosa London 24 August 2007 Amnesty International has released photographs it says show that Sudan's government is still deploying weapons to Darfur in what the rights organization describes as breathtaking defiance of a United Nations ar...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 August 2007 In a sign of a growing rift between Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region and the country's interim government, Puntland's president says he will not recognize a proposed oil law that nullifies any exploration...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 July 2007 A wave of deadly attacks in Pakistan is raising fears of a widespread militant backlash days after government forces raided a radical mosque in the capital. Suicide bombings in Pakistan's tribal areas have kill...
By Paula Wolfson White House 21 May 2006 George W. Bush, May 21, 2006 President Bush says the formation in Iraq of a unity government marks a new day for the Iraqi people, and a devastating defeat for...
By Scott Stearns White House 29 April 2006 President Bush President Bush says the formation of a new government in Iraq has dealt terrorists a crippling blow. -----------------------------------------...