A suspected suicide bomber struck a pro-Palestinian rally in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores of others. This was the second major bombing this week, as the country tries to cope with the worst flooding in its his...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American officials are preparing for Israel and the Palestinians to restart direct peace talks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the plans on Friday in Washington. HILLARY CLINTON: I've invited...
Inmates at Tangerang prison in Jakarta leave their cells to participate in conflict resolution training After learning that a new terrorist group had sprung up in the Indonesian prison system earlier this year, officials put in place a new program ai...
Senegal has said it wants all $38 million of the trial's proposed three-year budget up front, a demand the international community is reluctant to agree to, especially because Senegal has not offered a clear plan on how it will conduct the trial. Ann...
Terrorism tied to Islamic fundamentalism seems to be on the rise in many parts of world -- from Yemen and Pakistan in the Middle East to Southern Thailand and the Philippine island of Mindanao in Southeast Asia. But, in Indonesia -- a country that se...