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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 26 July 2006 As much of Iraq seeks security and stability, the Kurdistan Region in the north has enjoyed relative peace and growing prosperity. Since 1999, a young, charismatic politician from a prominent Kurdish fami
By Paula Wolfson White House 23 August 2006 Almost one year after Hurricane Katrina struck America's Gulf Coast, many residents of the area are still struggling to rebuild their homes and lives. President Bush met Wednesday with a man who is on a ca
By Scott Stearns Washington 25 April 2006 President Bush President Bush says Iraq's new government is an important milestone that will make America safer. Iraqi politicians broke a four-month deadlock
By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 April 2006 US airman trains new Iraqi army recruits, in Kirkuk A U.S. military commander north of Baghdad has expressed the hope that the apparent progress toward forming a ne
By Paula Wolfson White House 01 May 2006 President Bush says Iraq's new leaders are more determined than ever to succeed, and the United States stands with them. He spoke at the White House after top
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 January 2006 Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino, second from left, reviewing the Italian Joint Task Force in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005 (file)
By Gary Thomas Washington 23 February 2006 An attack on a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iraq has sparked a wave of violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. More than 130 people, most of them Sunnis, have
By Al Pessin Pentagon 20 March 2007 A senior U.S. military officer says insurgents in Iraq used two children to help them pass a coalition checkpoint in Baghdad in recent days, and then detonated a car bomb, killing the children. The officer reporte
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 24 March 2007 Iraq's deputy prime minister, injured in an assassination attempt Friday, was in stable condition and moved out of a Baghdad intensive care unit Saturday. Meanwhile, insurgents killed and injured several people
By David Gollust State Department 24 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday there should be no further delay on a U.N. Security Council statement calling on Iran to halt ura
By Scott Stearns White House 29 March 2006 President Bush says the U.S. mission in Iraq is making progress despite continuing violence. Mr. Bush is explaining his strategy for success in Iraq at a tim
By Michael Bowman Washington 28 January 2007 U.S. Senators remain deeply divided over a proposed resolution expressing opposition to President Bush's plan to send additional American troops to Iraq. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, the non-binding resol
By Al Pessin Pentagon 30 January 2007 The U.S. Navy admiral nominated to take command of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa says the situation in Iraq can be salvaged, but it will require hard work by the military, Iraq
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 24 January 2007 watch report on the State of the Union President Bush is urging the U.S. Congress - now dominated by his political opponents - to give his new Iraq war plan a chance to succeed. In his State of the
By Greg Flakus Houston 29 June 2006 Samir Sumaida'a Iraq's ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida'ie, spoke at the final luncheon of the US-Arab Economic Forum in Houston Wednesday, calling on neighboring nations to give more assistance to h
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 22 June 2006 Over the past two weeks, lawmakers have engaged in one of the most significant periods of debate on Iraq since U.S. and coalition forces ousted former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in early 2003. The debate
By Scott Stearns White House 01 June 2006 Iraq will launch its own investigation into reports that U.S. Marines last year intentionally killed as many as 24 unarmed civilians in the town of Haditha. U
In a new report on Iraq, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious minorities in Iraq face persecution. The commission, which recommends that the U.S. government designate Iraq a country of particular concern because of r
The development of regional infrastructure, particularly transport and energy, to facilitate the economic integration process in West Africa is the main issues being considered at a regional summit underway in Abuja, Nigeria. The one-day summit is r
South Africa Studying Proposal to Legalize Rhino Trade According to the World Wildlife Fund, a record 448 rhinos were poached in 2011 and more than half that number already have been killed illegally so far this year. Pelham Jones, the chairman of So