Violence along the Gaza Strip during the past two days has raised questions about how long a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas may hold up in the Gaza Strip. Hamas militants fired a number of rockets into southern Israel...
U.S. commanders in Iraq are concerned that Shiite insurgents are using a new type of high-powered homemade weapon that uses rockets made in Iran and elsewhere. In the most recent attack, on Tuesday in northeastern Baghdad, an Iraqi soldier and a U.S...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 17 June 2008 A Baghdad heavy metal band called Acrassicauda- Black Scorpion in English, became internationally known following a documentary made while they were performing in Iraq. But along with ethnicity and religious bel...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 February 2008 Palestinian militants have stepped up rocket attacks against Israel after a tightening of Israeli sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. The electri...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 April 2006 An Egyptian Coptic protester, center, is beaten by plain-clothed policemen outside the St. Maximus Church in Alexandria A second person has died in the Egypti...