The delegates at the U.N. conference on climate change in Ghana say they are pleased with the progress made after a week of negotiations. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the parties hope to shape a new global environmental...
Rival Palestinian factions have clashed in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. At least four people, including two Hamas policemen, have been killed and dozens wounded. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jer...
U.S. Democratic Party presidential hopeful Barack Obama delivered a much awaited speech in Berlin Thursday, urging Europe to stand by the United States in bringing stability to Afghanistan and tackling other threats to global peace. Obama spoke at t...
Detroit listener Terry Ahwal believes we should be fighting against fear and not against people Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. From NPR News, this is...
By Michael Bowman Washington 13 April 2008 Dignitaries from around the world gathered in Washington Sunday to launch an ambitious project aimed at ending global poverty among women. VOA's Michael Bowman reports. United Nations statistics show that wo...
By Phuong Tran Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 01 April 2008 International anti-drug agents have warned repeatedly that Guinea-Bissau has become a key transit point for drugs going from South America to Europe. The government of the impoverished West African n...
By Paula Wolfson White House 19 March 2008 President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq with a speech at the U.S. Defense Department. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush took on his critics, say...
By Mandy Clark London 19 March 2008 The global human rights organization, Amnesty International says that HIV and AIDS are devastating poor women and children in South Africa. In a report released in London, Amnesty says that poverty, gender inequali...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 22 February 2008 President Bush has wrapped up a tour of sub-Saharan Africa, where he focused on malaria and other health issues on the continent. Most health experts say controlling the disease requires many approaches....
By Shahnawaz Khan Srinagar 11 February 2008 After disputing control of Kashmir for more than six decades, India and Pakistan are now engaged in a squabble over a patent for Kashmir Pashmina, a product experts say is the best of its kind. Shahnawaz Kh...