By Paula Wolfson White House 17 October 2007 President Bush is urging Turkey to refrain from launching a cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush spoke at the White House as the Turkish parl
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2007 A senior Pentagon official says U.S. forces in Iraq are busy fighting various insurgents and terrorists, and cannot directly address Kurdish terrorists based in Northern Iraq, who launch attacks on Turkey. At the
By Dorian Jones Istanbul, Turkey 11 October 2007 The vote in a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives calling the massacre of Armenians in World War I by Ottoman Turks a genocide has caused outrage in Turkey. The Bush administration opposed t
By Scott Stearns White House 10 October 2007 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will submit to parliament plans for a possible military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scot
By David Gollust Washington 22 October 2007 The State Department says the United States is making an all-out diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis spawned by cross-border attacks into Turkey by Iraq-based Kurdish PKK militants. Secretary of State Co
By Robert Raffaele Washington 06 November 2007 President Bush has pledged his support in Turkey's fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a major cross-border military attack again
By Deborah Block Irbil 06 November 2007 Turkey's president says his country has decided on how to proceed against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and has informed the United States. The comments by President Abdullah Gul Tuesday came a day after U.S.
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 13 November 2007 The Turkish capital, Ankara, is hosting the Israeli and Palestinian presidents. The two leaders are meeting with their Turkish counterpart and the prime minister. The visit comes ahead of an expected peace su
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 December 2007 Turkish jets have launched airstrikes against Kurdish rebels bases in northern Iraq. According to Iraqi authorities one civilian was killed and several others were injured. Kurdish rebels say Turkish air and
Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state. The party is facing dismantling, and dozens of its leaders, including the prime minister and president, a po
Turkish foreign minister Ali Babacan is in Tehran to help find a solution to the ongoing tensions over Iran's nuclear aspirations. Turkey is increasingly playing an active role in working to resolve tensions across the Middle East. Earlier this year
After suffering defeat in last year's general election to the Islamic rooted AK party, Turkey's main Kurdish party is turning to religion in its battle to re-establish itself as the region's main political power. But there are concerns about the dir
By David Gollust Washington 18 September 2007 The U.S. State Department is promising an open and transparent investigation of a Baghdad shooting incident Sunday involving an American security contractor that left 11 people dead. The Iraq interior min
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 18 September 2007 A lawyer for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has said Mr. Musharraf plans to give up his post as chief of the military if he wins forthcoming presidential elections. The statement was made to Pakis
By Paul Sisco Washington 10 April 2008 A company called DriveCam has developed a camera system it claims is making streets safer in the U.S., Europe, South Africa and Asia. Once installed in vehicles, the cameras record traffic incidents. The recordi
By David McAlary Washington 07 June 2006 Children collect water in Luanda, Angola Researchers in Bangladesh have tested a drug that cures cholera in most patients, showing that it is a useful new weap
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm, Germany 06 June 2007 German police used water cannons to disperse protesters around the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm, where leaders of the G8 group of major industrial nations began informal discussions Wednesday ahea
By Colin Mc McCullough Moscow 16 March 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are preparing to meet with Russian officials in Moscow to discuss a U.S. missile-defense plan for Europe. Colin Mc McCullough reports f
By Scott Stearns White House 03 November 2007 President Bush wants opposition legislators to approve his choice for the nation's next top law enforcement official. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Democrats say the president is no
The Ugandan parliament has banned the controversial practice known as female genital mutilation, or FGM. The traditional rite - which critics decry as inhumane - is still carried out across much of the region. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 11 December 2009
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