By Tendai Maphosa London 31 March 2008 Senior international legal experts and human rights activists say the U.N. Security Council should pressure Sudan to hand over two suspected war criminals to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The tw...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 March 2008 United States Vice President Dick Cheney is in Israel, the latest stop on a Middle East tour. As Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem, he hopes to advance the peace process. Vice President Di...
By VOA News 11 March 2008 Democratic New York state Governor Eliot Spitzer is coming under increasing pressure to resign after an article published in The New York Times linked him to a prostitution ring. The Republican minority leader of the state a...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 27 February 2008 Turkey is continuing to send its forces into northern Iraq, in an operation against Kurdish rebels. The Turkish armed forces said it killed 77 rebels Tuesday and lost five soldiers. Since the incursion began...
By Scott Stearns Accra 20 February 2008 President Bush is in Ghana where American money is helping slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is again pressing the Congress to double AIDS funding over t...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 03 January 2008 The King of Jordan has pressed Israel's prime minister to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank, warning that it could endanger the region. The two men met in Jordan in a bid to push the Israeli-Pal...
By Paula Wolfson White House 04 December 2007 President Bush says there will be no change in U.S. policy on Iran following the release of a new U.S. intelligence assessment of Tehran's nuclear capabilities and ambitions. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 01 December 2007 President Bush is urging Congress to pass several pieces of legislation when the lawmakers return from a long holiday recess next week. Among them, the president is pushing for funding for the wars in I...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 November 2007 Two leading Pakistani media outlets that had their television broadcasts shut down inside Pakistan have now been forced to end international broadcasts. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 October 2007 In Niger, civil society and government officials are increasing pressure on the president to negotiate with rebels to end a months-long deadly uprising in the north. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West African bu...