When famine struck Somalia in 2011, the southwestern town of Baidoa was under al-Shabab control. Humanitarian agencies could not access people in need. Today, the town is under government control, and the improved security situation has meant better access to aid for tens of thousands of people. In Baidoa for VOA, Mohammed Yusuf reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump visited Israel on Monday, where he reaffirmed Washington's close ties with Israel, slammed mutual rival Iran, and spoke optimistically about the possibility of peace with the Palestinians. VOA White House correspondent Steve Herman reports from Jerusalem.
U.S. President Donald Trump stops at the Vatican Wednesday for a meeting with Pope Francis. It is the last of Trump’s visits to the seats of the world’s three Abrahamic religions. The first two – Saudi Arabia and Israel – were filled with symbolism, ceremony and history. But as VOA White House correspondent Peter Heinlein reports, this one will be shorter, less formal, and possibly more awkward.
A prosecutor looking into the $12 billion Rio Games says venues were built with "no planning."
President Donald Trump and his family arrived in Israel on Monday after completing their trip to Saudi Arabia and moments after disembarking from Air Force One in Tel Aviv, managed to stir up something of a controversy. First lady Melania Trump was caught on camera slapping her husband’s hand away when the latter reached out to hold hers.
What started as a joke on Twitter is now set to be a feature film, thanks to Netflix and director Ava du Vernay
The singer was not harmed in the incident.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio authorities investigating the fatal prison beating of a serial killer dubbed the “Angel of Death” say they’re in no hurry to file charges. A spokesman for the State Highway Patrol says that’s because the suspect already is behind bars. It’s been nearly two months since Donald Harvey died after he was
By My Pham HANOI (Reuters) - The United States has transferred six patrol boats to the Vietnam coast guard, to help build security cooperation between the two countries, U.S. embassy in Hanoi said in a statement on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his hope for a stronger relationship with Vietnam, after the Obama administration put ties on a stronger footing amid Vietnam's territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea.
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Who or what is keeping stock prices up even as there is continuous economic and political turmoil around the world? Could it be Switzerland? Stock prices fell sharply last Wednesday when the latest “scandal” — and I don’t even remember what it was — struck the Trump administration. I mentioned in a column on Thursday...
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Ex-South Korean President Park Geun-hye, accused of multiple cases of corruption, has denied all charges during the first court hearing, which started on Tuesday.
Ex-South Korean President Park Geun-hye, accused of multiple cases of corruption, has denied all charges during the first court hearing, which started on Tuesday.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities investigating the fatal prison beating of a serial killer dubbed the "Angel of Death" say they're in no hurry to file charges.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has set a new execution date for a convicted killer who survived a botched execution attempt in 2009.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence and an equal number said they or someone close to them had been sexually assaulted....
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence…
5 jurors picked for Cosby trial, 2 know a sex assault victim PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence and an equal number said they or someone close to them had been sexually assaulted. The lawyers studied each person's race, sex, age, occupation and interests to try to guess their inherent sympathies, experts said. The... Читать дальше...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The search for 12 jurors and six alternates for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial is off to a brisk start even though a third of the initial jury pool had an opinion about Cosby's guilt or innocence…
In his speech in Saudi Arabia, President Trump aligned his administration with the Sunni branch of Islam, and against the Shiite sect that rules Iran. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tehran on how the Iranian government views Mr. Trump's comments.