By Jim Randle Baghdad 20 September 2007 The U.S. military says it has arrested an Iranian officer accused of smuggling powerful roadside bombs into Iraq for Tehran's elite Quds force. The military says the Iranian man was seized from a hotel in the K...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 14 September 2007 The United Nations says Congolese president Joseph Kabila's latest comments on getting rebel forces to join the army marked a positive step towards bringing peace to the volatile North Kivu region, which has...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 September 2007 A U.S. military plane that was shot at earlier this week by suspected rebels in Mali's northeastern desert is scheduled to leave the country on Saturday. U.S. military officials are undeterred by the shooting, s...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 September 2007 General David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, faced tough questions Monday while testifying before two congressional committees about what he says has been significant progress against al-Qaida and...
By Malcolm Brown Washington 03 September 2007 As it seeks to reduce the dangers faced by American troops in Iraq, the U.S. military is turning to technology originally devised by the apartheid-era government of South Africa to counter similar threats...
By Thomas Rippe Kigali 28 August 2007 Military Leaders of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda met in Kigali to discuss taking action against negative elements operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thomas Rippe reports for VOA from the Rwandan...
By Ivana Kuhar Washington 27 August 2007 Russia's recent resumption of strategic bomber flights is viewed by many analysts as more evidence of President Vladimir Putin's determination to build up his country's military might. The Russian leader has...
By Tom Rivers London 19 August 2007 London's Independent on Sunday newspaper says two senior British generals have told Prime Minister Gordon Brown that Britain has accomplished what it can in southern Iraq and that moves toward a full withdrawal sho...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 19 August 2007 Thailand's PM Surayud Chulanont casts his vote during a referendum on a new constitution at a polling station in Bangkok, 19 Aug 2007 Thai voters appear to have overwhelmingly approved a constitution drafted by th...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 August 2007 The United States has boosted military aid to Israel. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the increase points to growing American concerns over the burgeoning power of Iran. Nicholas Burns,...