Obama Urges Progress on Iran Nuclear Deal

President Barack Obama has delivered a new year's message to Iranians, telling them this year represents the "best opportunity in d...

Reuters Websites Become Inaccessible in China

The news websites of Reuters, including those in English and Chinese, were inaccessible in China on Friday, after users first experienced di...

Tunisians Vow to Defeat Terrorism

Tunisians and others have expressed outrage after Wednesday's deadly terrorist attack on a major museum in Tunis. Hundreds of protesters...

Antibiotic Use in Livestock to Grow, Raising Resistance Concerns

When people rise out of poverty, experts say, the first thing they want to do is eat better. For most people, that means meat. In the last h...

Obama Greets Iranians on Nowruz

U.S. President Barack Obama sent Nowruz or new year's greetings to Iranians Friday, telling them that this year is the best opportunity ...

Winter's Arctic Sea Ice is Smallest On Record

Arctic sea ice this year is the smallest in winter since satellite records began in 1979, in a new sign of long-term climate change, U.S. da...

US Urges New Natural Gas Links for Southeastern Europe

U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein urged southeast European states to build new gas links and focus on smaller projects to curb reliance on su...

Senators Seek US Strategy to Stop China's Maritime Reclamations

Leading U.S. senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a f...

Study: 9.2% of Europe's Wild Bee Species Face Extinction

Almost one in 10 of Europe's wild bee species is at risk of extinction because of threats from the spread of farms and pesticides among ...

NSA Chief: US Needs Offensive Strategy to Deter Cyber Attacks

The United States needs to step up its offensive cyber capabilities, a top security official said on Thursday, warning that looming defense ...

Obama’s Rare Visits Spell End for Camp David Landmark

When Afghan leaders visit the United States next week, at least some of their meetings with U.S. officials will be at Camp David, the mounta...

Britain Cancels Invitation to North Korean Journalists

Britain says it has canceled a plan to invite North Korean journalists to the country for a training tour. A British Foreign Office spokesma...

Victories Over Boko Haram Leave African Troops' Spirits High

"Boko Haram is finished," shouted a jubilant soldier from Niger as his comrades danced and waved their rifles in the air to celebr...

Faith Leaders Fast for Climate Justice

A climate initiative in the Catholic Church has engaged more than 50 countries in a fast for the planet. As VOA’s Rosanne Skirble reports, w...

Population Under Pressure in South Sudan Opposition Territory

In the opposition-held territory of South Sudan, a population under pressure from more than 15 months of conflict remains determined to hold...

Vanuatu Provides Lessons in Cyclone Survival

Villagers in Vanuatu buried food and fresh water as one of the strongest storms on record bore down on them, fleeing to churches, schools an...

Climate Center Sees Drought Getting Worse in Western US

Drought pressures will increase in California and western areas of the United States this spring even as the dry season begins, the governme...

Rich Nations Criticized Following UN Disaster Risk Agreement

Delegates meeting in Japan have agreed on a new framework for reducing the human and economic toll of disasters around the world. But critic...

Mob Kills, Burns Woman in Heart of Afghan Capital

A mob in the Afghan capital killed a woman, set her body on fire and threw it into a muddy river in the heart of Kabul on Thursday, a police...

US Troop Levels, Development Remain Focus of US-Afghan Talks

Months after taking office in the first democratic transition of power in Afghanistan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive...

Iran’s Influence in Iraq Deeper Than Assumed

Just five years ago, the United States was involved in nearly every aspect of Iraq’s life, from economic reconstruction to political develop...

FARC Threatens to End Its Truce in Colombia

Colombia's Marxist-led FARC guerrillas threatened Thursday to end a unilateral truce that has been in place since December unless the go...

Nigeria’s Displaced Caught in the Middle as Elections Draw Near

Tens of millions of Nigerians are slated to cast ballots in the March 28 elections. But how the estimated one million people displaced by th...

US Small Businesses Cautiously Optimistic About Economy

The U.S. Small Business Administration classifies a business with less than 500 employees as small. Right now, there are 23 million small bu...

DRC Frees Musicians Arrested at Pro-Democracy Event

Seven Congolese musicians detained during a raid on a pro-democracy meeting were released Thursday, a day after four foreign activists accus...

March 19, 2015

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With 'No-state' Pledge, Netanyahu Reignites Palestine Debate

The day before Israel's election, with polls showing he could lose, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the Palestinians wou...

Scientists Remotely Control Flying Insects

After mastering remote control of cockroaches, scientists now say they managed to control insects in flight. While crawling insects have bee...

Report: Fragment From MH17 Crash Site Supports Missile Theory

A metal fragment from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 matches a surface-to-air BUK rocket, a Dutch broadcaster said on Thurs...

VP: Zimbabwean Police Shot Prisoners, Death Toll at 5

Five Zimbabwean inmates died after being shot by police in last week's prison protest over food shortages, which turned violent as some ...

Researchers Developing Faster, Cheaper TB Drug

Researchers developing a next generation tuberculosis drug say they are getting good results with a combination treatment that promises to w...

Iran Likely a Major US Election Issue in 2016

Republican senators are standing by their recent open letter to Iran, warning that any nuclear deal reached with President Barack Obama coul...

Fukushima Battles to Convince Visitors Over Food Safety

Thousands of delegates from across the world gathered for a U.N. conference on disaster relief this week in northeast Japan, which was hit b...

Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Afghan Regional Police Chief

A suicide bomber dressed as a woman killed an Afghan provincial police chief who was visiting Kabul, a regional official said Thursday. Matt...

Malawi President Vows Action Against Albino Killers

The president of Malawi is calling for stronger efforts to catch and punish those behind a series of albino killings. In his state of the na...

EU Poised to Keep Sanctions on Russia

The European Union is likely to keep economic sanctions on Russia until the Ukraine cease-fire agreements are fully implemented. Speaking to...

Tunisian Parliament Calls Day of Solidarity After Deadly Attack

Tunisia's parliament called for a day of solidarity after gunmen opened fire at one of the capital's top tourism sites, killing 23 p...

New Cambodian Election Laws Could Undermine Democracy

Cambodia's parliament has unanimously passed two controversial election laws following months of negotiations between the ruling party a...

Solar Plane Leaves India for Next Stop in Myanmar

A solar-powered airplane on a historic round-the-world journey took off Thursday from the northern Indian town of Varanasi and was headed fo...

Egypt Court Adjourns Al Jazeera Case to March 25

An Egyptian court adjourned until March 25 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists after hearing witness testimony on Thursday. T...

Fukushima Uses UN Conference to Promote Its Food Safety

In the shadow of northern Japan’s snow-capped mountains, Kazuhiro Watanabe’s strawberries are plump and ready for picking; because of his ad...

UN: IS May Have Committed War Crimes in Iraq

Islamic State militants may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iraq, including genocide against the Yazidi minority, a...

Yahoo Closes Last China Office

Yahoo is closing its last remaining office in mainland China, the latest cost-cutting measure imposed by the struggling U.S. Internet giant....

Indonesian Court Delays Hearing of Australian Death Row Convicts

Two Australian drug convicts on death row in Indonesia will not be executed this month after a court on Thursday postponed their appeal hear...

Michelle Obama Touts 'Let Girls Learn' Initiative in Japan

United States First Lady Michelle Obama is continuing her trip to Japan, where she is touting an initiative aimed at helping girls in develo...

Myanmar Jails Journalists for 2 Years on Defamation Charges

Two journalists in Myanmar have been convicted of defamation and sentenced to two months in jail over an article that included an unflatteri...