Residents in Mogadishu, Somalia say they fear the apparent murder of the director of the U.N. Development Program there may cause aid groups to further scale down their operations and deepen the country's humanitarian crisis. As VOA Correspondent Al...
The flu epidemic intensified a few week ago, but it continued to worsen with widespread outbreaks being reported in every state except Florida. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. And there's new information tonight about this year's flu epidemic and why i...
By Victoria Cavaliere Washington 13 June 2007 A deadly, fast-spreading virus is affecting freshwater fish in several lakes in New York state. In the past, the fish virus had a catastrophic impact on fish populations in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. Pac...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 May 2007 Rival Palestinian factions have clashed for the fourth straight day in the Gaza Strip. At least 16 Palestinians were killed, bringing the death toll to at least 40 since Friday. As Robert Berger reports from VOA...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 26 January 2007 A bomb blast in Baghdad Friday, killed at least 15 people at an open market. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad, the latest attack followed a pledge by the country's prime minister to crack down on all militan...
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch After Saddam video 2006 ended with a powerful reminder of U.S. losses in Iraq. Although the Pentagon has not yet confirmed it, media reports say the death toll for American troops has reached 3000...
By Barry Newhouse Seoul 22 August 2006 North Korea has condemned the annual military exercises between the United States and South Korea in harsh terms, calling them a wartime activity that violates the ceasefire that ended the Korean War in 1953. A...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 March 2006 Population growth in most of Africa is expected to rise sharply over the next 50 years. But, in southern Africa, AIDS is cutting a deadly swath through tw...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 18 February 2006 Extra security forces have been deployed in parts of Nigeria after deadly rioting over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad spread to sub-Saharan Africa. Police...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 08 February 2006 Nigeria has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu virus in its poultry stock. Laboratory tests in Nigeria and Italy had established a highly pathogenic strain of...