Senator Barack Obama, who will formally claim the Democratic Party's presidential nomination next month, has been working to defend and clarify his position on Iraq in recent weeks. The effort, culminating in a column in The New York Times, follows...
It's amazing and sometimes amusing to watch opinions fly back and forth across the Worldwide Web. These postings are quick and passionate, and not always well researched or reasoned. To get that, one can still turn to an enduring and delightful inst...
American biologist George Schaller has spent his life studying wild animals in more than 25 countries: from gorillas in Congo to snow leopards in Nepal to alligators in Brazil. At 75, he is being honored for his achievements in animal conservation w...
Australia's Muslim leaders have opened their mosques and schools to house Roman Catholic pilgrims for World Youth Day as part of efforts to ease interfaith tensions. The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils is also planning mixed-faith sporting...
South Korea is calling its ambassador to Japan home, in the latest flare-up of a decades-old dispute. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the islands at the heart of the conflict trigger some very painful memories for Koreans. South Korean Forei...
NATO officials say insurgents who carried out Sunday's deadly assault on a remote NATO outpost in eastern Afghanistan were able to penetrate the base before they were driven away by U.S. air strikes. Nine American soldiers were killed in the assault...
A string of kidnappings and targeted killings of aid workers in Somalia in recent weeks has prompted some international and local agencies to suspend operations in Mogadishu and in other parts of the south. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports fr...
The top U.N. humanitarian official says that conflict, drought, and the global food crisis are worsening the already dire situation in the Horn of Africa. This has left millions of people needing emergency food assistance to combat severe food short...
Palestinian and Israeli leaders have declared their commitment to peace before a Mediterranean summit in Paris. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA both sides have called for Europe to play a bigger role in the Middle East peace process. Palestinian Preside...
Heads of state from North Africa, the Middle East and Europe launched a new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Sunday, aimed to bring the region closer politically, economically and culturally. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris. French President N...
For 17 months, until he left the job in September 2007, Tony Snow was the White House press secretary, the voice of the Bush administration. Now, he is being remembered and mourned by the president he served, and the reporters who sparred with him i...
The United States and Russia continue sparring over a Central European missile defense system, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says America is committed to protecting its allies from a possible Iranian missile attack, and her Russian counterp...
Negotiators seeking to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue are making progress on how to verify Pyongyang's own account of its nuclear activities. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. S. Korean envoy Kim Sook speaks to reporters in Beijing, 11 Jul...
The U.S. government says it will not take charge of the nation's two largest mortgage finance firms as their stock prices plunge in further signs of trouble for America's housing market. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Ene...
A donors' meeting in Brussels Friday has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Kosovo, to help it get on its feet. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (L) and Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci at press conference...
