Stock markets in the Gulf and across much of the Middle East experienced another day of dramatic drops Sunday, amid a backdrop of falling oil prices, despite OPEC's decision to cut production. Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Cairo. A Bahraini t...
Today marks the start of the annual three-day Eid al Fitr holiday which follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 9 Arab states across the Middle East. It is a time when the pious pray, doting parents give gifts, and children light firecrackers, a...
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,...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 April 2008 Desertification is pushing further south in West Africa, crossing borders and creating devastating effects on local populations. One example where the desert is advancing is from Mauritania to northern Senegal. V...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 January 2008 Residents of the Gaza Strip have flooded across the border into Egypt to stock up on food and other supplies after militants blew a huge hole in the border barricade, eventually opening the wall completely....
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By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 August 2007 International military authorities are investigating a brief exchange of gunfire fired across the tense border dividing North and South Korea. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. South Korean Army soldiers patrol a...
Each Friday we hear moments from StoryCorp. That's the oral history project that gives families and friends a chance to interview each other about their lives. Today's story from North Dakota , Virginia Fairbrother grew up in Towner, North Dakota dur...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 22 June 2007 Hundreds of Pakistanis protested Britain's decision to honor author Salman Rushdie with a knighthood. Rushdie has been accused of insulting Islam in his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. From Islamabad, VOA corres...
By Yi Suli Boston, Massachusetts 12 April 2007 Watch Dancing report The northeastern U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, is a city rich in culture from its prominent professional theater companies to its world-renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra. Les...