Tehran is just the latest leg in Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's ongoing diplomatic efforts to defuse rising tensions over Iran's nuclear energy program. Much of the international community
Nearly 15,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo live in the Congolese Republic town of Betou along the Oubangui River that separates the countries.
Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million Cambodians were murdered, starved, or worked to death as the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge tried to build a rural utopia. Many older Cambodians are haunted
Mae Jamison, former astronaut [left], promotes science literacy across the United States to produce more scientists and educate young people with a basic level of science and technology understandin
The US Navy hospital ship Comfort returned Friday to its homeport in Baltimore. Families, friends and community members came out in support of the crew and medical personnel who returned from a n
South Korean officials are not ruling out the possibility of a North Korean attack in the sinking of one of the South's naval vessels. About half the more than 100 people on board the ship were res
On his Web site, Anwar al-Awlaki, a soft-spoken American-born Yemeni cleric calls Nidal Hassan, the man accused of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas last fall a "hero." But after Umar Farouk Abdul
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. Today, Mary Tillotson and I welcome you to a group of islands that extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southern
BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of America's best-known writers, Mark Twain. We also talk about his famous
Spectacular car crashes are making news in Russia these days. Most of them involve vehicles of people in positions of authority or privilege. Another recent incident has turned into a major sca
A short visit to India by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has allowed New Delhi and Moscow to strengthen their strategic partnership, which has had its ups and downs since the end of the Col
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, calling for both sides to resume negotiations, which the Palestinians say may not take place as a re
Although the bill proposing to reserve one third of seats in parliament and state legislatures for women has been passed by the upper house of parliament, it faces staunch opposition from some polit
