Myanmar Condemns UN Official for Using Term ‘Rohingya’

Myanmar on Wednesday condemned a U.N. official for using the term Rohingya to describe a persecuted minority that the government refers to a...

If You’re Reading This in Jakarta, You’re Probably Stuck in Traffic

Three of the ten worst cities in the world for traffic congestion are in Southeast Asia. Recently-compiled data reveals city drivers around ...

North Korea Rules Out Dialogue With 'Gangster-Like' US

North Korea is dismissing the possibility of renewing talks with the United States, which it said is trying to overthrow the communist gover...

Economist Calls Obama Budget Commendable, Unrealistic

An independent economic think tank says President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget comes with good intentions but does too little ...

US Increases Aid to Jordan

The grim video that appears to show a Jordanian pilot being burned alive by his Islamic State captors emerged Tuesday just as Washington was...

Obama’s Budget Comes Under Fire From Republican-Led Congress

President Barack Obama's 2016 budget request is setting up fierce political wrangling with the Republican-run Congress over proposed new...

Austria's Fenninger Takes First Gold at Alpine Skiing Championships

Austria's Anna Fenninger on Tuesday took the first gold medal in this year's Alpine World Ski Championships in the western U.S. stat...

Investigator: Dead Prosecutor Sought Argentine President's Arrest

Investigators probing the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating what he said was the cover-up of a deadly bomb...

Study Finds Little Change in N. Korean Diet Over 50 Years

The North Korean diet has changed little over the past 50 years, according to a study of U.N. data by the Washington, D.C.-based magazine Na...

US Drone Strike Targets al-Shabab Leader

The United States carried out a drone strike in Somalia against a senior leader from the militant group al-Shabab, the Pentagon announced Tu...

Kobani Obsession Exposing Possible Islamic State Flaws

Following a steady campaign of air strikes and a determined ground assault by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Syria, the Islamic State has fin...

Advances Against Islamic State Not Enough, Displaced Iraqis Say

In northern Iraq, Kurdish fighters backed by U.S.-led airstrikes have blunted a six-month advance by militants of the Islamic State and thei...

Oil Price Drop Has Mixed Effects on Texas

Oil rig workers, known as roughnecks, face unemployment as oil prices fall, but the impact is greater in regions like Alaska and North Dakot...

Oil Price Drop Has Mixed Effects on Texas

The dramatic drop in world oil prices over the past six months has prompted petroleum companies in the U.S. to lay off thousands of workers ...

Vietnam Communists Mark Anniversary Amid Calls for Change

Vietnam's Communist Party is marking its 85th anniversary with a call by party leaders for more action to confront "anti-state...

The Colorado River: Fallowing Farms to Save Cities

In the Southwestern United States, a prolonged drought is raising tensions over the shrinking waters of the Colorado River. Farms and cities...

The Colorado River: Reviving the Delta

Near the U.S.-Mexico border, vital signs are improving for a river that has been on life support for decades. The Colorado River is over-tax...

The Colorado River: Native Americans/Las Vegas

The Southwestern United States will face a water crisis in the coming years. The Colorado River is region’s lifeblood, but fourteen years of...

The Colorado River: Las Vegas Conservation

The Southwestern United States is enduring the driest 15 years on record. It’s putting pressure on water supplies for 40 million people and ...

February 3, 2015

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US Dilemma: To Arm Ukraine Troops or Not

By considering giving weapons to Kyiv, the United States could be contemplating a risky venture that advocates say would help end the confli...

UN Chief 'Regrets' Parts of S. Sudan Deal

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is expressing disappointment at an agreement between South Sudan's warring parties, billed as a key ste...

Draining Lake Mead

Fourteen years of drought are draining a key source of water for Los Angeles, Las Vegas and millions of hectares of U.S. farmland. Lake Mead...

MSF Offers Rape Counseling to Hundreds of Victims in Bangui

A rising number of women have experienced sexual violence since the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) descended into a spiral of sectarian c...

After 55 Years, A New Novel From 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author

Author Harper Lee, 88, is about to publish her second novel, more than half-a-century after To Kill a Mockingbird became an instant classic....

Britain to Allow World's First 'Three-Parent' IVF Babies

Britain on Tuesday became the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited ...

WFP Alarmed by IS Logos on Its Syria Food Parcels

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has declared itself “extremely concerned” by photographs showing its food parcels being handed o...

Greek Debt Swap Plan Gets Cool Eurozone Reception

A Greek proposal to swap government debt for bonds with interest payments linked to economic growth got a skeptical reception from eurozone ...

Egypt Releases Jailed Journalist as Relations With Qatar Thaw

The release of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste from a jail in Cairo has been greeted as a small step forward for basic rights in Egypt. B...

Study Finds Traditional African Markets as Safe as Supermarkets

Most Africans still buy their food at teeming, chaotic open-air food markets that would make many hygiene-conscious Westerners squirm. But a...

Tiny Crustaceans Prepare for Big Mission in Space

'Water Fleas in Space’ could be the title of a science fiction movie, but it is science fact. As Marveline Dandin reports for VOA, resea...

Oscar Nominees Luncheon

The award season is under way in Hollywood, and nominees for the Academy Awards, or Oscars, shared their excitement Monday at a luncheon in ...

India's Modi Faces Possible State Election Defeat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing his first state election defeat since taking charge last year, opinion polls show, a result th...

US Scientist: AIDS Remains Key Global Health Threat

The U.S. medical scientist who led a team that helped eradicate outbreaks of smallpox in the 1970s says the global community is now more res...

Female Suicide Bomber Targeted Pro Jonathan Rally Nigerian Police Say

A bomb blast that went off just minutes after Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan left an election campaign rally was the work of a fe...

Abbas Orders Probe into Palestinian Cartoon of Prophet Mohammad

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an investigation into a cartoon apparently depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an official Pal...

Kenyans Abroad Have Concerns About Diaspora Policy

Kenya has launched its first-ever diaspora policy, to encourage investment, keep track of Kenyans abroad and involve them in the country’s d...

Fresh Fighting in Eastern Ukraine Kills 5

Fresh fighting between Ukraine's military and Russia-backed separatists killed at least five people in the region of Donetsk, officials ...

Renouncing Egyptian Citizenship Could Free AJ Journalist

Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy could soon be released from prison in Egypt after renouncing his Egyptian citizenship. The move clears t...

Seven Killed in Bangladesh After Bombs Thrown at Bus

Opposition activists in Bangladesh trying to enforce a transport boycott threw homemade bombs at a bus early on Tuesday, setting off a fire ...