New Yorkers have a reputation for being resilient and bouncing back from crisis to crisis. Last week's financial upheaval hit Wall Street, the nation ...
In South Korea, anti-government protests that erupted this summer following a deal to import American beef were born on the Internet. Rumors that Sout...
The two major U.S. presidential candidates are expressing reservations about the Bush administration's $700 billion bail-out of ailing financial insti...
Negotiations are underway in Israel to form a new government after the prime minister resigned. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem...
Somali pirates, who have been relentlessly attacking ships this year off the coast of Somalia, say they will kill any European they capture if France ...
A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bom...
A top American commander in Iraq says the country's Shi'ite dominated government will accept responsibility for supporting more than 50,000 mostly Sun...
American Jewish organizations, Israeli activist groups and other supporters of Israel rallied in New York City Monday to protest Iran's nuclear progra...
Members of Congress are demanding more taxpayer protections and more congressional oversight be included in the $700 billion bailout plan that is bein...
Former Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is widely expected to assume the post of Prime Minister this week. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, Aso is a pro...
