Beirut Solar Project Aims to Slow Power Cuts

A river-spanning solar farm in the heart of Beirut is stoking hopes that renewable energy can play a key role in solving Lebanon’s power pro...

Beirut Solar Project Aims to Slow Power Cuts

With a groundbreaking solar farm spanning a river in Beirut set to start pumping out power in a matter of weeks, Lebanon is declaring its gr...

Facelift or Folly, Belgrade Braces for Dubai-style Makeover

The vista of rusting boats and drab wasteland that greets visitors passing over the river Sava into Belgrade is set to be transformed into a...

Obama Finalizes Call to Expand Protected Area in Arctic Refuge

The Obama administration on Friday finalized its recommendation to expand protected areas of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, c...

Americans Clash Over Religious-Freedom Laws

Under mounting pressure, state lawmakers in Indiana and Arkansas made changes to religious- freedom laws that critics said were anti-gay. Th...

Iran Nuclear Framework Praised; Tough Negotiations Ahead

Iran and six world powers have entered the final phase of negotiations to reach a comprehensive agreement on Tehran's nuclear program. N...

China Drafts Measure to Boost Public Trust in Charities

China has prepared a draft law regarding charities' registration with the government, which would make it easier for them to raise funds...

Good Friday Celebrations Around the World

Christians around the world observed Good Friday on April 3, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. from Voice of America http://ift.tt/1C...

Residents to Protest at Opening of Nuclear Test Site

Seven decades after an atomic bomb helped end World War II, descendants of families near a New Mexico test site want tourists to know reside...

Amy Winehouse Talks About Fear of Fame in Biopic

A new documentary on the life of late British singer Amy Winehouse shows the six-time Grammy-Award winner in her younger days discussing her...

Researchers Test for Better, Cleaner Cookstoves

The everyday task of cooking poses a major health threat for billions of people worldwide. A global effort is putting hundreds of millions o...

Merchants of Doubt Raises Curtain on Global Warming Acrimony

Merchants of Doubt is Robert Kenner’s latest documentary on climate change skeptics who, it contends, sow doubt and confusion about the scie...

Serbia's President: War Crimes Cooperation not a Question of Truth or Justice

Serbia must cooperate with a U.N. war crimes court seeking the return of an ultra-nationalist defendant, not on the basis of truth or justic...

Peru's Defense Minister Cateriano Named Prime Minister

Peru's president named Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano as prime minister on Thursday, replacing Ana Jara, who was thrown out of office ...

Study Shows How Surprises Help Infants Learn

The red-and-blue ball rolls down a ramp and, thanks to a little bit of trickery, seems to pass right through a purple wall. The 11-month-old...

US Reports Drop in Hiring for March

The March job numbers were disappointing, with the U.S. economy adding 126,000 positions, the smallest gain since December 2013. Despite the...

The Correspondents

The Correspondents is VOA’s weekly discussion of the world’s top stories, as seen through the eyes of our dedicated reporters in the US and ...

April 3, 2015

A look at the best news photos from around the world. from Voice of America http://ift.tt/1DGiqLm

US Reports Drop in Hiring for March

U.S. employers hired workers at the weakest pace in more than a year in March, with a net gain of only 126,000 jobs. That snapped a 12-month...

Among US University Millennials, Racism a Lingering Problem

Racist incidents are popping up at U.S. colleges and universities, even though students are becoming increasingly vocal in protesting racism...

Pakistan PM Calls for Peaceful Resolution in Yemen

Pakistan evacuated nearly 200 of its citizens from Yemen on Friday, as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif traveled to Turkey for talks wi...

Unconventional All-Women’s Mosque Opens in Los Angeles

The first women-only mosque in the United States recently opened in Los Angeles, California, with the aim of empowering Muslim women by bein...

Ethiopia Steams Ahead With Massive Dam Project

With a newly signed deal on sharing Nile River waters with Egypt, Ethiopia is moving ahead with the continuing construction of Africa's ...

Protesters Arrested Blocking Road to Giant Telescope Site

Scientists hoping to see 13 billion light years away, giving them a look into the early years of the universe, are facing opposition from Na...

Billions Up for Grabs if Nuclear Deal Opens Iran Economy

Iranian investment banker Ramin Rabii says he shouted in joy when he learned that Tehran and world powers had reached a deal which promises ...

Obama Adds Utah to ‘Red State’ Tour

President Barack Obama's visit to Utah isn't just the first time he's been to the state while in office. It's also the lates...

Iran's Zarif Bridged Worlds to Secure Preliminary Deal

Ecstatic crowds welcomed Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif back to Tehran on Friday after he led Iranian negotiators to an in...

France Bans Super-Skinny Models

France will ban excessively thin fashion models and expose modelling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to possible fines and even...

Philippines Prepares for Typhoon, Evacuation

Authorities in the northern Philippines province of Aurora prepared to evacuate thousands of residents Friday, telling tourists to head home...

Greece Ready to Make IMF Payment

Greece will pay a loan tranche due on April 9 to the International Monetary Fund on time, its deputy finance minister said on Friday, seekin...

Tunisia Makes More Arrests After Bardo Attack

Tunisian security forces have arrested 23 more suspected Islamist militants as part of a crackdown after last month's Bardo museum attac...

N. Korea Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles Into Sea

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired four short-range missiles into the sea off the west coast, in what appears to be the l...

China 'Appreciates' Sri Lanka's Stance on Dalai Lama Invitation

China on Friday said it appreciated Sri Lanka's stance on the Dalai Lama, as it seems unlikely their government would grant him a visa t...