By Ron Corben Bangkok 29 March 2007 Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont says new elections will be held December 16 or December 23, to restore elected democratic government. As Ron Corben reports for VOA Mr. Surayud also rejected calls by the junta...
By David Gollust Aswan, Egypt 25 March 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met foreign ministers of four moderate Arab states in the Egyptian city of Aswan Saturday in advance of the Arab League summit next week in Riyadh. U.S. officials wo...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 March 2007 As tensions in Guinea subside following weeks of deadly anti-government protests, the nation's newly appointed prime minister faces the arduous task of forming a new government, improving basic services, working...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 25 January 2007 Iraq's prime minister says his new security plan for Baghdad will leave no sanctuaries for militants to hide, not mosques, schools, or offices of political parties. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad, where M...
By Stephanie Ho Washigton 14 January 2007 Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks to the media (File photo) Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari says his government supports the new strategy for his country, as outlined by President Bush in a s...
By Douglas Bakshian Cebu, Philippines 12 January 2007 Southeast Asian foreign ministers have taken a step forward in the war on terrorism, preparing a draft convention that allows security agencies to cooperate more on tracking, finding and prosecut...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 December 2006 Ali Mohamed Gedi (7 Dec 2006) Somalia's prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, says the government's Ethiopian-backed troops have reached entry points into the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamists abandoned the city....
By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 December 2006 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for India and Japan, Asia's two largest democracies, to construct an arc of advantage and prosperity across the continent. Analysts have said the two countries ar...
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 23 October 2006 A Zimbabwean government minister reportedly lost thousands of dollars he had put down as part payment on a U.S. transaction through a local company. The U.S. government allegedly seized the money as a result...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 06 October 2006 Hungary's prime minister, who has been under pressure to resign, has survived a vote of confidence. Before the vote, he apologized to parliament for not facing the reality of the dire state of the economy. Foll...