Iranian state television is reporting that border police have arrested three American tourists who allegedly strayed into Iranian territory in a poorly marked mountainous border zone between Iraq and Iran. Iran's state-run Press TV announced the arr...
Scientists have created a climate model that they say proves human activity is responsible for global warming not only at the North Pole, but at the South Pole as well. The model includes data from Antarctica about which relatively little is known....
The State Department confirms that Iran could enter negotiations on its nuclear program without initially meeting the demand of the United States and other major powers that it suspend its uranium enrichment program. U.S. officials say they are amen...
By Dan Robinson Washington 15 May 2008 A House of Representatives committee has voted down attempts by Republicans to restore more than $200 million for a planned U.S. missile defense system in Europe. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, a final decision on...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimon...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 October 2007 Israel has confirmed that it carried out an air strike in Syria in early September. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, leaders on both sides have said they do not want a war. Lifting a...
By Kari Barber Dakar 25 September 2007 The World Health Organization says eight new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This brings the number of confirmed cases to 17 since the new outbreak was fi...
By Anita Elash Paris 03 August 2007 France and Libya have agreed to their first arms deal since the European Union lifted an arms embargo on Libya in 2004. The deal comes after the release last week of six medical workers who Libya accused of intenti...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 May 2006 The U.S. Defense Department has refused to confirm or deny a charge by a senior member of Congress, who says an investigation has concluded that a group of U.S. troop...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 01 January 2006 Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom headquarters in Moscow, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006 Russia began the process of cutting off natural gas supplies to neighboring...