Yinka Shonibare is the first black artist to make a sculpture for the fourth plinth. He's also the first artist to address directly the historic nature of Trafalgar Square and its connections to Britain's imperial past. Two facts which he says are no...
Hans Andersen, a life-long fisherman, had a dream. He wanted to sail around the world. And he did it. He got several sponsors who subsidized his trip. He bought a beautiful 40-foot yacht, with all the latest technical and safety gear, and had a pleas...
Three Russian warships have entered Cuban waters as part of a voyage aimed at boosting Russian ties with several Latin American nations. Russia's ship, Admiral Chabanenko, arrives at Havana bay, 19 Dec 2008 Cuban soldiers fired ceremonial shots to w...
Kenya's foreign minister has dismissed a BBC report suggesting that a consignment of tanks and other military hardware aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship was bound for South Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last month. The Kenyan government...
Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying military hardware are denying reports that a disagreement among the gunmen about what to do with the ship has led to a fatal shootout. But as VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa...
Pirates have hijacked two more ships off the coast of Somalia, an Iranian cargo vessel, and a Japanese-operated tanker. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the attacks are the latest in a string of attacks in the busy a...
By Luis Ramirez Aboard USS Essex 17 May 2008 Burma's government is denying entry to helicopters and relief supplies from U.S. Navy ships waiting offshore, near the Irawaddy Delta. Relief groups say as many as two million people remain in desperate ne...
By Mandy Clark London 26 December 2007 Many surgical procedures taken for granted in the West are not available to the world's poorest people. Yet, a dedicated crew of doctors and nurses, aboard Mercy Ships, bring hope and healing to those in need, w...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 23 November 2007 The final Japanese navy tanker has returned home from the Indian Ocean, ending a six-year mission in support of U.S. led coalition troops in Afghanistan. As Naomi Martig reports from VOA's Asia News Center i...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2007 The international environmental group Greenpeace is blocking a ship carrying palm oil from leaving a port on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Their goal is to highlight the environmental damage caused by pa...
