By David Gollust State Department 05 June 2008 The United States is expressing outrage over an incident Thursday in which Zimbabwean security forces detained U.S. and British diplomats trying to visit victims of political violence. Secretary of Stat...
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 June 2008 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton says she will end her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday and endorse rival Senator Barack Obama, who has now secured enough delegates to win the nominatio...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 June 2008 Special United Nations and African Union envoys on Darfur say prospects for substantive peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Sudan's conflict ridden province of Darfur are dim. The diplomats failed to get pea...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 05 June 2008 Pakistan's foreign minister says government peace deals with pro-Taliban militants are aimed at establishing a peaceful coexistence with the groups. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Shah Mehmo...
By David Gollust State Department 05 June 2008 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said Thursday the Bush administration has no secret agenda in negotiations with Iraq on the future status of U.S. forces there. He said the United States does not se...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 June 2008 In April, the Ugandan government appeared to be on the verge of signing a peace agreement to put an end to the decades-long conflict in the country's north. But after the rebels' enigmatic leader Joseph Kony fail...
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 05 June 2008 The global food crisis can be solved, and at the same time African countries can prosper, if the world invests in Africa's agricultural sector. That's the assessment of experts meeting this week in South A...
By Mandy Clark Khost 05 June 2008 American women soldiers are probably among the most liberated women in the world, fighting in the world's most sophisticated army. Many are on the ground in Afghanistan. Their aim is not only to wage war on terror b...
By Cindy Saine Washington 05 June 2008 African Americans are reacting with pride to Senator Barack Obama's becoming the first person of color to be the presumptive presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. For some though, the joy is mix...
By Scott Stearns White House 05 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende met at the White House Thursday for talks that included their military cooperation in Afghanistan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 The Democratic-led U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released a report that finds the Bush administration ignored disagreements about intelligence information in making its case for war in Iraq. Key Rep...
By Scott Stearns White House 05 June 2008 American political leaders gathered in Washington Thursday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a building for a nonpartisan group helping to resolve international conflict and promote peace. VOA White House...
By Al Pessin Guantanamo 05 June 2008 Six-and-a-half years after the September 11 terror attacks, the accused mastermind and four other co-conspirators are facing a war-crimes tribunal at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The arraign...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 Two members of Iraq's parliament have testified before a congressional committee about future U.S. - Iraq relations. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, in their testimony, the two members of Ir...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 05 June 2008 A senior Turkish general says Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq. Over the past few months, Turkey has reportedly intensified its attacks against b...
