By Margaret Besheer Irbil 24 March 2007 Iraq's deputy prime minister, injured in an assassination attempt Friday, was in stable condition and moved out of a Baghdad intensive care unit Saturday. Meanwhile, insurgents killed and injured several people...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 March 2007 Australian Prime Minister John Howard has promised to stand by the United States in its war in Iraq despite mounting public opposition at home. Mr. Howard has insisted he will not bow to pressure to pull Australia...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 March 2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is brushing off polls which show the vast majority of the public wants him to resign. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Mr. Olmert's political fortunes ha...
By Barry Newhouse Baghdad 13 March 2007 Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has made his first visit to the Sunni stronghold city of Ramadi in western Iraq. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Baghdad the trip was promoted as a symbolic visit...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 21 February 2007 Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said Wednesday he will maintain contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but that achieving peace with the Palestinians will be difficult because a majority of...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met separately with Palestinian U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, smile following their meeting in the Wes...
By Scott Stearns White House 16 February 2007 U.S. President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke for nearly an hour Friday about improving security in Baghdad. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. In a se...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 18 January 2007 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says if Washington and Baghdad can do a better job of equipping Iraqi troops, there will be less need for multi-national soldiers in his country in a few months. VOA's Jim Ran...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 09 December 2006 The report published this week by a bipartisan U.S. panel urging policy changes in Iraq has not been warmly received in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, particularly its recommendatio...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 December 2006 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem. Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Iranian Vice Presid...