By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 August 2007 Senior Bush administration officials say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is showing some military success. At the same time, they say they are concerned with the slow pace of movement toward national politic...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 August 2007 African Union officials say they are optimistic that member states will contribute more troops to a new hybrid peacekeeping force for the troubled western Darfur region of Sudan. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu re...
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 02 August 2007 International drug officials continue to worry that West Africa's porous borders and weak law enforcement are attracting drug smugglers shipping to Europe. They say they have evidence criminals are...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 01 August 2007 U.S. officials sought to reassure members of Congress Wednesday that the State Department would have a key role in a planned U.S. military command for Africa (AfriCom). They also underscored that the comman...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 21 July 2007 The Afghan Foreign Ministry is denying claims by Taleban militants that they have killed two German hostages. Earlier Saturday, a Taleban spokesman said the hostages were killed when a deadline passed for the G...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 18 July 2007 Officials in Ukraine are assessing the damage of a train crash in western Ukraine that sent huge clouds of burning phosphorus billowing into the air. The accident, which took place Monday, is raising health conce...
Steve Inskeep : China is taking steps that are designed to benefit both the domestic and global economies. A Chinese official said today the country's currency will gradually gain value. That trend will spur domestic consumption inside China itself...
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 12 July 2007 European Union officials say they are deeply concerned about the inability of the African Union to pay its peacekeeping troops in Darfur, western Sudan. An EU official tells VOA there are fears that the African Uni...
By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 11 July 2007 An obscure and non-fatal disease has been spreading among some Western Pacific islands. Joseph Popiolkowski reports from Hong Kong warmer weather and heavy rains have led to an increase in mosquito-borne...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 July 2007 In this information age, governments are reaching out to people in other parts of the world in an emerging field called public diplomacy. Mike O'Sullivan reports, mid-career officials from government and in...