This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, the Associated Press releases a list of the top ten news stories of the year. American editors and news directors are asked to vote for what they consider the top stories. This year...
Most Gulf stock exchanges traded lower again, but with smaller losses than in previous sessions. Financial difficulties by the United Arab Emirates second-largest bank are causing a ripple effect in various countries, including Kuwait, as Edward Yer...
Fears of a global recession and falling oil prices are driving Gulf stock markets down dramatically, once again, and the generally morose economic climate has Arab investors scrambling for cover, as Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Beirut. Stock...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2008 The U.N. refugee agency reports the number of people arriving on the coast of Yemen after being smuggled across the treacherous Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa has more than doubled this year. At the same time,...
Very roomy. For a single-seat fighter it's spacious. Plenty of room to lay out stuff we carry with us. The nose is cut and you won't see any perpendicular surfaces go around. The four probes in the front are not machine guns. And they are not hologra...
The F-117 is a product of Lockheed's Advanced Development Projects group, which for decades has designed the most top-secret planes in the air force inventory, including the SR-71 Blackbird. In many ways, the Blackbird was the first stealth aircraft,...
By Mil Arcega Washington 02 October 2007 Oil prices retreated Monday following record-breaking surges last month that saw the price of crude soar above $84 a barrel. Despite prices dipping to more seasonal levels on Monday, the high cost of energy co...
By Phil Mercer Sydney, Australia 01 October 2007 Tourism officials in Australia say the number of visitors from Arab Gulf nations is increasing. Airlines are scheduling more flights between the Middle East and Australia to accommodate the rising popu...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 September 2007 The UN refugee agency reports at least 56 people have died violently in the past few days while trying to make the perilous crossing from Somalia to Yemen. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters...
F15-E. They started to come out only at night. They started to take advantage of environmental conditions which made it difficult for us to see them. And they began to move their operations' areas farther north. The intense air attacks on Scud sites...
