Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy Egypt's military rulers have now agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. But tens of thousands of protesters want an immediate end to military rul...
Philadelphia Cracks Down on Domestic Violence The Women Against Abuse shelter is the only refuge in Philadelphia for women escaping abusive relationships. The buildings location is a secret - for safety reasons. Its clients, like Sheila Armstrong, ar...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - In Domestic Violence Cases, Children Are Often the Forgotten Victims MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. Today we listen to new music from Feist. We also read some of your recent...
Clashes in Cairo Spark Fears of Sectarian Violence Egypt's ruling military council on Monday ordered the government to investigate the killings of at least 25 people in Sunday's street battles between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces. T...
Afghan Stadiums Now for Sports, Not Violence Ten years ago, the Taliban used Kabul's main sports stadium for public executions. Now, athletes crowd the grounds as more and more young Afghans flock to sports in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. During Talib...
Study: Climate is Major Violence Trigger A new study in the journal Nature finds that war is associated with global climate. Researchers from Princeton University and the Earth Institute at Columbia University focused on the natural climate cycle kno...
Dozens Killed as Wave of Violence Strikes Iraq 伊拉克遭遇一系列暴力袭击 A series of explosions and attacks hit cities and towns across Iraq Monday, killing at least 63 people. It was the most violent day in the country in months. 周一，伊...
BEIJING, August 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Women who experience any form of gender-based violence are at greater risk of mental health disorders and related dysfunction and disability, according to Australian researchers Wednesday. Those who'd been through at...
Refugee Crisis Mounts in Turkey as Syrian Violence Escalates As Syrian security forces move in to the besieged town of Jisr al-Shughour, thousands of refugees are fleeing across the Turkish border. More camps are being set up to house the new arrival...
November the 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It was started by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. The UN asked governments, international organizations and NGOs to raise global awareness of this...
