A court in the Ivory Coast has sentenced two men to prison terms for dumping toxic waste that killed 17 people two years ago in Abidjan. But activists are criticizing the case because the trading company that transported the waste was not prosecuted...
Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag...
A suicide bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 23 people and wounded many others. No one has claimed responsibility, but police are blaming religious extremists for the deadly attack. The violence comes as security forces say they...
Police officials in Pakistan's volatile northwest region say an improvised explosive device detonated under a vehicle carrying troops and civilian employees of a Pakistani air force base, killing at least 13 people. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports that...
A day after serial bombings in India's high-tech hub, Bangalore, there have been numerous blasts in Ahmedabad, western India's commercial and cultural capital. Authorities report at least 29 people are dead and more than 100 injured there following...
The United States Friday expressed deep disappointment that Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election went forward even though incumbent President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate. U.S. officials say they will pursue new bilateral and internationa...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 At least 37 miners in Ukraine were trapped underground following a powerful explosion during maintenance work at a coal mine in the eastern city of Donetsk. Officials say the blast destroyed the main shaft of the...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 02 June 2008 A large car bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital has killed at least 8 people and wounded dozens of others. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports on the attack in an upscale Islamabad neighborho...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 13 May 2008 At least 60 people have been killed and 200 injured in bomb explosions in Rajasthan's capital, the old walled city of Jaipur, in western India. Initial reports say seven bombs detonated, which police believe were...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 15 April 2008 Two bomb blasts in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have killed three people and injured 18 others. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the attacks targeted Ethiopia's national oil company. The bla...