Pakistani officials say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake has killed at least 170 people in an impoverished area of southwest Pakistan and left thousands of others homeless. International aid groups in the region estimated at least 500 people have been kil...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending the top U.S. diplomat for Africa to Kinshasa for talks on the violence and humanitarian crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC. Assistant Secretary for State fo...
U.S. President George Bush says he is confident an agreement with Baghdad on the future status of American forces in Iraq can be approved before their U.N. mandate expires on December 31. As VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, Mr. Bush spoke after talks at...
The U.S. embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus may be closed to the public indefinitely, following a raid in eastern Syria that the United States says targeted and killed a top al-Qaida operative and seven other people planning an attack on Iraq. E...
Zambians go to the polls Thursday to elect a new president following the death in August of Levy Mwanawasa who had won two elections and served six years in office. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg. There...
A report by a number of leading conservation groups warns that unless prompt corrective measures are taken, the planet is heading toward an ecological credit crunch. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London. Cover of the Living Planet Report The repo...
U.S. voters in the Middle East are mobilizing to cast ballots ahead of Tuesday's elections. Among the biggest voting blocks outside the United States is that of Americans in Israel, where an estimated 125,000 U.S. citizens are eligible to vote. VOA'...
The eastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania, with its 21 electoral votes, has voted for the Democratic Party in recent presidential elections, but the campaign of Republican John McCain believes it can manage a victory. Even though Democrat Barack Obama...
The International Committee of the Red Cross warns millions of Iraqis are at risk of disease from polluted water and inadequate health care. It says the situation of inadequate health care, water and sanitation services is particularly bad in the Ir...
U.N. aid agencies are rushing aid to help thousands of people affected by devastating floods in Yemen. The agencies say many of the victims are without shelter, food and proper medical care. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. The United Natio...
The International Monetary Fund, the European Union and World Bank have agreed to a $25 billion economic rescue package for Hungary to strengthen confidence in its economy. It has been described as the largest financial aid measure for an emerging-m...
Police say they have beefed up security at vital sites, including a fuel refinery, and are checking vehicles and setting up road blocks to ensure the execution of the three men convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings is not disturbed. Bali bombers from...
In Maldives, a political activist who spent years in prison has won the country's first democratic presidential election. Mohamed Nasheed has defeated President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who led the country for three decades, but was widely criticized f...
.S. and South Korean military officials confirm the two allied nations are planning a major military drill, expected to begin this week. The exercise focuses on a simulated marine landing and comes at a time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetor...
The longest presidential election campaign in U.S. history is in its final week, and Democrat Barack Obama continues to hold a lead in the polls over Republican John McCain. Both candidates are focused on the economy in the final days of the campaig...
