American swimmer Michael Phelps surged to a pair of victories in the Olympic pool, Wednesday, to become the most decorated gold medal winner. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the Water Cube in Beijing, where Phelps made Olympic history. United States' Mic...
The game of baseball was the undisputed national pastime for more than a century, until American football overtook it as the nation's most popular and profitable sport. These are four baseball fields surrounding a rural school. School fields used to...
U.S. President George Bush says Russia may be violating the terms of a cease-fire in Georgia less than a day after agreeing to stop the fighting in the former Soviet republic. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the president spoke...
With the International Criminal Court considering a request to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's political parties - often at odds with the government - have come to the president's defense. As Derek Kilner repor...
British humanitarian organization ActionAid is calling for governments in the Horn of Africa to help small-scale farmers and for donor nations to increase funding and food-aid shipments to the region. The organization says without urgent action, sev...
The leader of Zimbabwe's smaller opposition faction says negotiations on the country's political crisis are a three-way affair and no one party can sign a settlement deal with another. Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare. Arthur Mutambara (14 April...
Officials in Afghanistan say suspected Taliban insurgents have killed three female international workers of a U.S aid organization and their Afghan driver. Ayaz Gul gives more details from Islamabad. Afghan women walk past coffins containing the bod...
At least 18 people were killed, seven of them Lebanese Army soldiers, and more than 45 people were wounded, in an explosion targeting an intercity passenger bus in the northern port city of Tripoli. The explosion follows weeks of tensions in Tripoli...
In Beijing, American Michael Phelps has won his third swimming event in as many days, to tie the record for most career Olympic gold medals. Phelps now has nine in his impressive collection. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, the U.S. swimmer is nearly...
Refugee activists say that 20 Catholic pilgrims have applied for asylum in Australia after attending last month's World Youth Day event. The Asylum Seekers Center of New South Wales reports the pilgrims are mostly from African countries. From Sydney...
India has captured its first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event, thanks to the steady aim of Abhinav Bindra in the 10-meter air rifle event, Monday. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the accomplishment. Newspapers across India are telling...
At least 13 people have died as Indian security forces opened fire on protests led by Muslim separatists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Shahnawaz Khan reports for VOA from Srinagar that police killed four people Monday who were trying to lead a march...
Chinese officials say the Beijing Olympics should bring a welcome boost to China's tourist industry. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Beijing, that while bureaucratic requirements and natural disasters have slowed tourism, officials say an upgraded infr...
Helena Racicka is off to a good start at Bradley University. I come from the Czech Republic which is located in Central Europe and I came to the states to study masters in Business Administration, MBA at Bradley University in Peoria Illinois and I c...
As Russia announced a halt to military action in Georgia, NATO members called for a return to the status quo before the conflict - and say the crisis will not hurt Georgia's chances of joining the alliance. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. NATO Secr...
