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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 26 October 2007 Pro-Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan have clashed with paramilitary forces, a day after a deadly bomb attack on a troop transport truck in the area. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that a...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 19 October 2007 Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are expressing outrage over the twin explosions that killed at least 125 people and wounded scores of others during her homecoming parade in Kar...
By Mona Ghuneim New York 15 October 2007 The United Nations Security Council says terrorism and the drug trade in Afghanistan continue to undermine peace and stability. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona Ghuneim reports. Head of the U.N. mission in Afg...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur w...
By Sabina Castelfranco Palermo 05 October 2007 Security experts are gathered for a two-day meeting in Sicily organized by the Italian Atlantic Committee and the Atlantic Treaty Association, umbrella organizations working on security issues in NATO co...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 02 October 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says about1,000 British troops can soon leave Iraq. As VOA's Jim Randle reports, the British leader visited Baghdad for talks with top Iraqi officials. Prime Minister Brown...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that killed 10 of them, but could not agree on language for a formal statement. From U.N. hea...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 01 October 2007 In Togo,6,000 security troops are on guard for the official start of legislative campaigning for October 14 elections. Candidates are promoting reconciliation in the West African country where recent election viol...
By Kari Barber Freetown, Sierra Leone 19 September 2007 Sierra Leone is being watched as a test case for other post-conflict countries as national police take on many of the security roles once filled by United Nations peacekeepers. Kari Barber recen...