U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering changes in the way the federal government does business. The goal is to root out wasteful spending in tough economic times. President Barack Obama (file photo) President Obama has proposed massive increases in...
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-N has quit the ruling coalition government because its main partner, the Pakistan People's Party, has broken several key policy promises. VOA's Barry Newhouse r...
Opposition leaders in Mauritania have voiced concerns over the composition of the new government in Nouakchott. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar the new government is facing a lack of broad popular support and a worsening so...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 March 2007 The new Palestinian national unity government has been sworn in, after it was overwhelmingly approved by parliament Saturday. The ruling Islamic militant group Hamas now begins to share power with the rival an...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 February 2007 An international press watchdog Thursday accused the Eritrean government of being responsible for the death of a playwright who had been in detention for several years, a charge the government denies. Cathy...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 04 December 2006 Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, began the first full week of his six-year term Monday by signing a decree to reduce his own salary and the salaries of top government officials by 10 percent. The m...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 02 December 2006 Thousands of opposition protesters remain camped outside the Lebanese prime minister's office, demanding the resignation of his U.S.-backed government. Leaders of Hezbollah say the demonstration will not...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 November 2006 A spokesman for the Hamas militant group says a new Palestinian government will not recognize Israel or accept a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict. The comments could complicate efforts to form a...
By Gary Thomas Washington 04 October 2006 Entire Negroponte Interview The top U.S. intelligence official says the government of Afghanistan must expand its authority over more of the country if the resurgence of the Taleban is to be checked. In a VO...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 September 2006 Nigeria's anti-graft agency has vowed to press on with corruption investigations in the northern state of Zamfara, despite a recent attack on a government office involved in a fraud probe. The anti-corrupt...