Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he plans to step down as prime minister in September. VOA's Jim Teeple has the details from our Jerusalem bureau. In a surprise announcement from his residence in Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert says he will step down...
Former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been extradited to The Hague where he will stand trial for his role in the Bosnian war of the 1990s. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London. After 13 years on the run and one week after his arrest in the...
South African President Thabo Mbeki met in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe to discuss the stalled negotiations aimed at ending the country's political crisis. He says the talks are to resume Sunday. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our south...
The inspector general at the Justice Department says a top aide to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used political considerations in screening candidates for employment at the agency in violation of federal law. VOA's Deborah Tate reports fr...
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to shut down its peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea after difficulties from both nations. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. It took the...
Sudan has launched a diplomatic offensive against an attempt to bring Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of genocide and war crimes stemming from the conflict in Darfur. Tendai Ma...
Economic issues dominated the U.S. presidential election campaign Wednesday. Democrat Barack Obama said Republican John McCain would continue President Bush's economic policies, while McCain lashed back at Obama over taxes and energy. VOA National c...
The United Nations is going green. The secretary-general has announced a new initiative to help lower the U.N.'s greenhouse gas emissions and reduce pollution. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports thermostats...
President Bush has signed a bill committing $48 billion to the global fight against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, the bill vastly expands a U.S. program that already treats millions in Africa, Sou...
President Bush is again urging Congress to authorize expanded domestic oil drilling in order to combat record-high gasoline prices. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, where Mr. Bush spoke after a cabinet meeting, one day after speaki...
An eccentric is defined as a person who deviates from accepted conduct. Nonconformists have achieved greatness in many fields, but many of us remain wary of those who seem odd, extreme, perhaps disturbed or even dangerous. We think of eccentrics as...
U.S. Olympic silver medalist Mary Whipple is one of only two coxswains on the U.S. National Rowing Team who will be competing in the Beijing Olympics. Current Olympic rules allow only one coxswain for the women's team, and another for the men. Coxsw...
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met Tuesday with majority Democrats in the U.S House of Representatives. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, Senator Obama delivered a pep talk about the November presidential and co...
The Supreme Court of Thailand has agreed to hear a new corruption case against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a move seen as another blow by opponents against the embattled government that is stacked with Mr. Thaksin's allies. VOA's Lu...
Fighting has erupted between Pakistani troops and a Taliban faction located in the Swat valley in the country's northwest. Pakistani forces reported killing at least 25 militants on Wednesday and imposed a curfew throughout the valley. VOA's Barry N...
