Greece Demands War Reparations From Germany

Greece is demanding more than $300 billion from Germany as compensation for World War II damages. Germany says it already has settled its re...

Climate Change Is Threat to Health, White House Says

Climate change is bad for your health — that's the message sent Tuesday by the White House. The Obama administration released a report o...

White South Carolina Police Officer Charged in Black Man's Death

A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder Tuesday after a video showed him shooting eight times at the back of a 50-year...

Some See Nuclear Deal Yielding Wider Regional Role for Iran

As negotiators work on a possible final deal on Iran’s nuclear status, there is concern in the Middle East that the deal, which would includ...

Bezos' Rocket Company Plans Suborbital Test Flights This Year

A space company owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has finished work on a rocket engine for a suborbital spaceship and expects to begin ...

Brontosaurus' Name, Once Discarded, Is Back

Paleontologists are restoring the good name of Brontosaurus more than a century after it was deemed scientifically invalid and the famous di...

World Bank President Says Ending Extreme Poverty Within Reach

The head of the World Bank says slowing economic growth around the world is hurting the institution’s goal of ending extreme poverty by the ...

Korean Groups Meet Over Wage Dispute

South Korean businessmen say North Korea is willing to settle a dispute over wage increases for North Korean workers at the jointly run Kaes...

N Korea Capable of Nuclear Strike at US, Military Leader Says

Top U.S. military officials believe North Korea is now capable of launching a nuclear-armed missile at the United States. “Our assessment is...

Kenya Freezes Bank Accounts of Suspected Terrorism Supporters

The VOA Somali service has learned that the Kenyan government has frozen the bank accounts of 86 entities and individuals it suspects of fin...

Survey Finds Deep Discontent as Cambodian Land Disputes Continue

According to a new survey, land disputes in Cambodia lead to employment insecurity, causing poverty, food insecurity, and increasing physica...

Republican Rand Paul Launches US Presidential Campaign

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has become the second major Republican to announce his candidacy for president. Paul, a libertarian, is a favorit...

Yemenis in Egypt Demand Passage Home

More than 100 Yemenis protested outside their embassy in Cairo Tuesday, clamoring for help getting home. But inside Yemen, many families say...

US to Press Cuba on Human Rights, Basic Freedoms

President Barack Obama is expected to discuss human rights with Cuban President Raul Castro and members of Cuba’s civil society during the S...

Pakistan has Complicated Nuclear Relationship with Saudi Arabia, Iran

Iran’s foreign minister is due to arrive in Pakistan Wednesday to discuss the conflict in Yemen, which many see as a fight for influence bet...

Will US Congress Help, Hurt Iran Nuclear Deal?

A growing number of U.S. lawmakers of both political parties say Congress should have an up-or-down vote if a final accord is reached on Ira...

Poll Finds Growing Negativity Among Chilean Public

The percentage of Chileans who believe the country is stagnating reached a 14-year high, a poll showed Tuesday, as corruption cases that hav...

Russia May Consider Removing Greece, Hungary, Cyprus From Food-Ban List

The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Min...

Dutch Hostage Arrives in Mali Capital, Reunited With Wife

A Dutch man freed in a French commando raid on al-Qaida-linked Islamist militants in northern Mali arrived in the capital on Tuesday where h...

Maoists in Nepal Cut Strike Short After Violent Clashes

Nepalese Maoists leading a nationwide shutdown amid violent protests and clashes with police called off the strike Tuesday as anger rose at ...

US: Failure to Amend Myanmar Constitution 'Raises Questions' on Reform

The United States said on Tuesday Myanmar's failure to amend a military-drafted constitution raised questions about the credibility of r...

Xi: China, Vietnam Must Cooperate on Sea Dispute

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party on Tuesday that the two countries must manage th...

Several State Police Killed in Ambush in Western Mexico

Several Mexican state police have been killed in an ambush by suspected gang members in the west of the country, authorities said on Tuesday...

Fears Loom of Young Israeli Arabs Lured to Jihad

Governments worldwide are trying to stop their young people from being recruited by the so-called Islamic State and other jihadist groups to...

Uber Seeks Dismissal of Suit in Alleged India Rape

Uber asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India's capital, saying the ride-sharing company could n...

April 7, 2015

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Liberia Reopens its Borders

When Liberia reopened its borders earlier this year after the Ebola outbreak came under control, many people thought it was premature with t...

Jury Deliberations Begin in Boston Bombings Trial

U.S. jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a day after both the prosecution a...

NE Kenyan Leaders Vow to Name Al-Shabab Supporters

Leaders from northeastern Kenya have said they will name sympathizers, fighters and financiers of Somali militant group al-Shabab. The pledg...

Kenyans Mourn University Attack Victims at Rally

Kenyans mourning the deaths from last week's massacre at Garissa University College gathered for a vigil Tuesday, the final day of an of...

Turkish President in Iran Despite Regional Tensions

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Iran for a series of high-level meetings, despite bilateral tensions stemming from conflic...

UN: 100,000 People Displaced By Fighting in Yemen

Saudi-led coalition jets bombed a military installation in southern Yemen as local tribes battled with forces loyal to the Shi'ite rebel...

Media: Russian Atomic Submarine Catches Fire in Shipyard

A nuclear submarine caught fire in a shipyard in Russia's northern province of Arkhangelsk on Tuesday but there were no weapons on board...

Philippines Peace Negotiators Press Forward Despite Clashes

This week an international investigation determined that both the Philippine government and Muslim rebels broke a cease-fire agreement after...

Polish Radio Says Crew Distracted Before 2010 Smolensk Plane Crash

In the minutes before a 2010 plane crash that killed Poland's president, members of his entourage urged the crew to land despite thick f...

Powerful Myanmar Militia Force Proposes Rebel Summit

Myanmar's most powerful ethnic minority militia has made a rare invitation to insurgent groups negotiating peace with the government to ...

African Ad Agencies Emerging as Force in World Market

Western advertising and public relations agencies are increasingly merging with African counterparts to attract international corporate clie...

Hundreds Honor Nemtsov in Moscow

Several hundred people gathered Tuesday just outside the Kremlin walls to commemorate 40 days since the killing of a Russian opposition poli...

India Seeks to Settle French Plane Deal Ahead of Modi Visit

India has asked France's Dassault Aviation SA to stick to the original price tag for fighter jets or risk losing one of the world's ...

Kenyans Hold Rally to Mourn Garissa University Victims

Kenyans mourning the deaths from last week's massacre at Garissa University College gathered for a vigil Tuesday, the final day of an of...

Mass Grave of Iraq Soldiers in Tikrit Being Exhumed

Iraqi forensic teams in the newly liberated city of Tikrit have started exhuming bodies from mass graves believed to contain some of the hun...

Obama Says Would Move Fast to Take Cuba off Terrorism Sponsor List

President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to act quickly once he receives a State Department recommendation on whether to remove Cuba from the...