By Gary Thomas Washington 31 July 2006 The crisis in Lebanon is greatly complicated by the fact that Iran is a key backer of Hezbollah, which is locked in conflict with Israel. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas, who was recently in Iran, reports that th...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2006 World leaders have expressed concern for weeks over the possibility of a North Korean missile test. Beyond satellite images of the missile launch base, however, relatively little is known about Pyongyang's prospectiv...
By Meredith Buel Washington 27 July 2006 Fierce fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants has entered its third week, in a conflict that has killed more than 400 Lebanese and at least 50 Israelis. Middle East analysts and Israeli milit...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 19 July 2006 Iran has not responded to a European offer of incentives designed to induce it to give up any nuclear weapons ambitions. Iranian officials have said Iran will give its answer by the end of August, but the West has...
By Barry Wood Washington, DC 13 July 2006 watch G8 Economy report Russia this weekend (July 15-17) for the first time is hosting the annual summit of eight major powers, the Group of Eight. VOA's economics correspondent Barry Wood reports that with...
By Jim Malone Washington 11 July 2006 Opposition Democrats hope to seize control of one or both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the November mid-term elections, in large part because of voter dismay over the situation in Iraq. In the first of a two...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 29 May 2006 Experts from around East Africa are meeting this week in Kenya's capital to discuss how to supply one of the continent's most basic needs, clean water. In many East African cities large areas have no access to r...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 19 June 2006 Indonesian health officials say the country must cull more poultry to curb growing numbers of avian influenza infections. Indonesia has confirmed its 39th human death from bird flu, and outbreaks continue. -----...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 07 June 2006 U.S. officials, lawmakers and experts on nuclear proliferation are pushing for more answers in the case of a global nuclear black market, run by AQ Khan, who us...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 May 2006 An African-wide conference of policy makers, engineers, industry leaders, scientists, and experts in the information and communications technology field, known as...