The number of H1N1 flu cases in Australia has doubled in the past day to 59. The federal government has warned that the H1N1 influenza A virus is spreading fast. Health experts say its rapid transmission coincides with the southern hemisphere's trad...
North Korea's recent nuclear test and belligerent talk has put a spotlight on the Korean Peninsula. It has long been one of the most militarized zones in the world. Official undated handout photo shows shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) react...
When U.S. President Barrack Obama visited Turkey last month, he raised the plight of a small religious school of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Halki seminary was closed by the government in 1971, and despite intense pressure by the church and diplo...
The European Union's executive arm has proposed far-reaching financial reforms to help prevent future financial crises, like the one now pummelling Europe and the rest of the world. European officials hope to put the reforms in place next year. Pres...
Opposition Republicans are promising thorough Senate confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, federal judge Sonia Sotomayor. President Obama and federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, after her nomination to th...
North Korea says even minor attempts by South Korea or the United States to interfere with its shipping will trigger what it calls a return to a state of war. Pyongyang vows it will not be bound by the terms of a 56-year-old armistice, if South Kore...
The U.S. State Department's new public diplomacy chief says she's confident America's image abroad can be rebuilt after sagging badly during the Bush administration. Former media executive Judith McHale spoke in an interview with VOA on her first fu...
At least 30 people have been killed and more than 200 others injured when a car bomb exploded on a busy main street in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Lahore office of LG Pakistan, an electronics firm after the blast, 27 May 2...
Sunday's suicide car bombing at a military camp in the Somali capital is raising alarm about how much foreign support the radical al-Shabab group may be receiving in its ongoing war against Somalia's U.N.-backed government. An explosion at an allege...
A group of Southeast Asian politicians is urging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to suspend Burma's membership if it refuses to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi testified Tuesday against charges that could put h...
Thousands of soccer fans are pouring into the Italian capital for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona. Heavy security measures are in place and fans will have to show photo identification along with their...
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. The president chose a woman who, if confirmed, will become the first justice of Hispan...
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. The president chose a woman who, if confirmed, will become the first justice of Hispan...
The border between the Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been closed amid indications of shooting and explosions on the Uzbek side. Kyrgyz officials say Uzbekistan has closed its border with Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz and Russian medi...
South Korea is upgrading its participation in a U.S., led international campaign to disrupt the traffic of weapons of mass destruction, a step it long avoided to prevent angering Pyongyang. The move comes after a nuclear test by the North, and sever...
