Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have signed a power sharing agreement aimed at ending the country's lengthy...
The United States has told Venezuela that its ambassador to Washington will be expelled in the latest chapter of a growing diplomatic dispute. The U.S...
Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the Texas coast with the fourth largest city in the United States squarely in its sights. Houston is preparing for th...
A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Pakist...
Cuban-Americans in Miami, Florida are collecting donations and aid supplies for people in Cuba who have been affected by Hurricane Ike and other recen...
Pope Benedict XVI arrives Friday in Paris on a four-day trip that will also include a visit to the southwestern French town of Lourdes. From the Frenc...
On the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, thousands of people gathered outside the Pentagon as President Bush dedicated a memorial to th...
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has shaken up the race for the White House and pumped new excitement into his campaign by choosing Alaskan...
A former prime minister of Bangladesh, jailed for more than a year on corruption charges, is free. Khaleda Zia was released from custody in Dhaka, lat...
Thailand faces more political uncertainty after the People's Power Party re-nominated Samak Sundaravej to serve as prime minister just days after a co...