Samak Sundaravej's term as Thailand's prime minister appears to be ending, after coalition parties boycotted a parliamentary session to vote on his re-election. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Mr. Samak also lost support from members of his own...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that Australia must be prepared to respond to an emerging arms race across the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Rudd says the Australian Defense Force will be built up to meet the challenge. From Sydney, Phil Mercer repo...
Thailand's prime minister vows to stay in office, despite thousands of protesters around the country demanding his resignation. As Ron Corben reports, the Cabinet plans to hold a national referendum on the political crisis. Thai Prime Minister Samak...
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is in Iraq for trade talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His trip comes one week after King Abdullah of Jordan became the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Ed...
Somalia's prime minister has fired the influential mayor of the country's capital, Mogadishu. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Somalia's president has not publicly signed off on the action, raising concerns about gro...
Court proceedings against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have begun, the first since he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, several other corruption investigations against the former leader, his...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 09 June 2008 India's prime minister wants his country to be at the forefront of the effort to achieve global nuclear disarmament. The push comes at a time Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is trying to seal a civil...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 Police in Kosovo say they have detained a teenager over his alleged involvement in a gun battle at the home of Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest that the government has...
By Tom Rivers London 17 May 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has strongly condemned Burma's military government for not allowing international aid to reach its own people. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has details. Prime Minister Brown, in an...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 May 2008 Silvio Berlusconi has been sworn in as prime minister of Italy for the third time in his political career, after emerging as the clear winner in last month's early general elections. Sabina Castelfranco has thi...