A French television channel says it was hacked Wednesday by operators claiming to be part of the Islamic State terrorist group. The director...
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China Broadcaster to Punish Anchor Who Insulted Mao
A Chinese state television broadcaster says it will punish one of its top anchors who was captured on video ridiculing Mao Zedong, the found...
Amnesty Alleges Summary Killings by Rebels in Ukraine
A human rights group says it has new evidence of "execution-style killings" by pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and is ...
Boston Jury to Mull Life or Death for Tsarnaev
A jury in Boston will now decide whether to sentence Dzokar Tsarnaev to death or life in prison after finding him guilty in the 2013 terrori...
White House Calls for Ban on LGBT ‘Conversion Therapies’
The White House is calling for a ban on so-called conversion therapies - psychiatric practices aimed at changing a person's gender ident...
US Deports Retired El Salvador General Accused of Abuses
A retired Salvadoran military general accused of human rights abuses arrived in San Salvador on Wednesday after he failed to secure asylum i...
Two Turkish Journalists Face Jail Terms for Charlie Hebdo Cover
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking prison terms for two journalists who republished the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo fe...
Attack Ads on Iran Trail New Candidate Rand Paul
When Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky travels across the country this week as a newly minted presidential candidate, he will be greeted by $1 m...
White US Policeman Charged with Murder after Killing Unarmed Black Man
A graphic video showing a white police officer gunning down a fleeing, unarmed black man has again cast a bright spotlight on the issue of p...
NFL Hires First Woman to Officiate Games Full-time
The National Football League (NFL) on Wednesday said it would hire a woman for the first time to officiate games full-time for the most popu...
South African University to Remove Rhodes Statue
South Africa's University of Cape Town decided Wednesday to remove a contentious statue of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes that ha...
Togo Presidential Hopefuls Agree on Voter List, Allowing April 25 Poll
All of Togo's presidential candidates have agreed on an updated but still "imperfect" voter roll, removing an obstacle that ha...
McIlroy, Woods in Spotlight at Masters Tournament
This week's Masters is one of the most intriguing ever, with the prospect of a career grand slam for Rory McIlroy and uncertainty over t...
Movement to Permit Physician Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Surges
In the 18 years since Oregon State’s “Death With Dignity” law took effect, about 750 terminally ill residents have used doctor written presc...
Germany Protests North Korea’s Expulsion of Aid Workers
Germany has summoned North Korea’s ambassador in Berlin over Pyongyang’s expulsion of two representatives of a German aid group. Last week, ...
US Central Bank Split on When to Raise Rates
U.S. central bank officials disagreed widely last month on when they might begin lifting interest rates from record lows. Minutes of the Mar...
Most Cubans Support Improved Relations with US
A new poll conducted in Cuba found that 80 percent of Cubans have a highly favorable view of President Barack Obama, while 97 percent feel t...
Norway PM Apologizes for WWII-Era Treatment of Roma
Prime Minister Erna Solberg apologized Wednesday for discrimination against Norway's Roma population before and after World War II, call...
San Francisco Artists Make Art From Trash
It is said that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. That idea helped inspire a program in San Francisco, in which recycled mate...
Turkey's Political Party Lists Become Litmus Test for Power
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is continuing to wield influence ahead of the country's June 7 general elections, despite a const...
WHO: Lowest Weekly Figure of Ebola Cases Reported in Nearly a Year
Thirty confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in the past week, the smallest number in nearly a year of the worst-ever outbre...
Pressure Mounts on Kenya's President After University Massacre
Political pressure mounted on Kenya's president on Wednesday with scathing editorials and growing anger at a seven-hour delay in the dep...
US Keeps ‘Close Eye’ on Iran as Yemen Conflict Deepens
The Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen is threatening to grow into a wider conflict as both the United States and Iran take new steps to potent...
DRC Opposition Protests Exclusion of Youth Vote
An opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo is protesting an electoral calendar that it says will deny many young people the rig...
Tsarnaev Lawyer Has Saved Other Notable Clients From Death Penalty
With her arm around the young man's back, she gives him a gentle pat and leans in to whisper something to him. Judy Clarke could be his ...
Reviewers: Apple Watch Sleek, Stylish But Not for Everyone
Apple's smartwatch is a “beautiful,” “stylish” and “elegantly made” piece of technology that could make life easier for people on the mo...
Obama Visit to Focus on Energy Policy, Good Will in Caribbean
The Caribbean region collectively cheered when President Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. Calypso and reggae songs were written i...
Scientists Develop Motor-free Device That Eases Walking Strain
Devices that help people walk were once thought to be impossible to design without some kind of auxiliary power. But U.S. scientists at Carn...
Night Basketball Returns to a Safer Mogadishu
For the first time in decades, young basketball players in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are enjoying better security and are playing tourn...
Law Classes Educate Inmates at Kenya's Langata Women's Prison
At a women's prison in Nairobi, Kenyan inmates are taking the law into their own hands. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports on how law classe...
Islamic State Frees Hundreds of Yazidis in Iraq
Kurdish security officials say the Islamic State group has freed at least 216 members of Iraq's Yazidi community who had been held capti...
April 8, 2015
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Iraqi Forces Attack IS Fighters in Anbar
Iraqi security forces launched a new offensive against Islamic State insurgents in the Sunni Muslim heartland of Anbar province on Wednesday...
Boston Bombing Jury Continues Deliberations
The jurors who will determine if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing as...
Pakistan MPs Speak Out Against Intervention in Yemen
Pakistani members of parliament spoke against becoming militarily involved in Yemen on Wednesday as they resumed a one-sided debate on a Sau...
Rights Group Sues US DEA Over Bulk Collection of Phone Records
The group Human Rights Watch has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), accusing it of illegally collecting...
Amnesty: Afghanistan Turning Its Back on Women’s Rights
Amnesty International says activists battling for women’s rights in Afghanistan are facing mounting violence, including threats, sexual assa...
Albums Honor Billie Holiday on Centennial of Her Birth
The odds were stacked against Eleanora Fagan, who was born to unwed teenage parents in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915. But she would become p...
Apple Faces Local Battles As Its Prepares Global Payments Push
Apple has made mobile payments look easy, after a decade of mostly failed experiments by banks, telecom operators and retailers to woo consu...
Egypt Tries Nearly 400 More Brotherhood Members
Egypt's public prosecutor referred a further 379 alleged members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to court on Wednesday over sit-ins in ...
Arab States Want UN to Blacklist Former Yemen President's Son
Gulf Arab countries and Jordan want the United Nations Security Council to blacklist the son of Yemen's former president and a Houthi mi...
Japan Considers Options for Tritium-laced Fukushima Water
Japan is considering evaporating or storing underground tritium-laced water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant as an alternative to re...
Poll: Third of Republicans Favor Iran Nuclear Deal
Thirty-one percent of Republicans favor a new nuclear deal with Iran, creating a challenge for their party's lawmakers who largely oppos...
Secretary Carter Urges Restraint in South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter laid out the U.S. commitment to Japanese security Wednesday, urging restraint in territorial disputes b...
Royal Dutch Shell to Take Over BG Group
Royal Dutch Shell has announced it is buying British gas producer BG group for $70 billion, giving Shell a bigger share of the natural gas m...
Group: Congo Police Arrest 5 Democracy Activists
Police arrested five members of a pro-democracy group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday as they protested against the illeg...
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