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The United Nations Human Rights Office expresses great concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain. It says it is receiving reports of more people who have gone missing, been killed and subjected to intimidation and harassment.
This week marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that deposed Saddam Hussein and established a fledgling democracy, but also unleashed political, ethnic and sectarian tensions that caused years of devastating violence. As the a
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 02 May 2007 Ethiopia tops a list of countries where press freedom has deteriorated over the last five years, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. The U.S.-based media advocacy group says the Ethiopian government has ja
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 04 September 2006 watch Baghdad report A new Pentagon report says violence in Iraq has reached the point where conditions exist for a civil war. The Pentagon's quarterly report to the U.S. Congress cites the rising
By Al Pessin Washington 03 January 2006 The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says he wants to accelerate the handover of security responsibility in Iraq to the country's new security forces
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 January 2006 Students chant slogans next to burning tires during an anti-king demonstration in Katmandu, Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 In Nepal, new fighting between security f
By Noel King Khartoum 18 November 2006 United Nations Humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland, has painted a grim picture of life for millions of civilians in Darfur, following his return from the war-torn region. On Saturday, Egeland appealed to the Sudane
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 October 2006 Ethiopian journalists demand release of more than a dozen jailed colleagues during a press conference in Nairobi, May 2, 2006 The global press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, says Eritrea and Ethiopia a
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 01 September 2006 Violence between rival gangs has erupted in the East Timorese capital of Dili, injuring at least six people and renewing fears of civil unrest. The clashes follow the recent escape from prison of scores of
By Kurt Achin Seoul 29 June 2007 There are more indications that at least one key element of a broader effort to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs may soon be in place. United Nations nuclear inspectors say they were given full access to a N
By Amberin Zaman Ankara 30 March 2006 A child is reported in critical condition after Kurdish demonstrators clashed with security forces for a third day, Thursday, in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir. D
India's Youth Keep Spotlight on Violence Against Women Nearly a hundred strangers from all over the city have come together here with one message: Wake up New Delhi and rise up against violence, chant the protesters. This flash mob is just one of man
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 12 May 2007 At least 27 people have been killed in clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad the widespread violence repre
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 January 2006 An unidentified woman looks out from a window at the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Israeli
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 June 2006 U.S. officials have told Congress U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq are being significantly, and expensively, hampered by security concerns. This was among the issues raised as lawmakers grilled administrati
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 06 December 2006 watch Bipartisan report The bipartisan Iraq Study Group has issued its long-awaited series of strategic recommendations on ways to stabilize the situation in Iraq. As VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports,
By Lisa Bryant Paris 09 March 2008 France's left made gains in the first round of local elections Sunday marked by a relatively high turnout. Lisa Bryant has more on the preliminary results from Paris. Initial results by the CSA-Dexia polling agencie
By David Gollust Washington 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal (left) with Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday warned that the creation of rival Palest
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 11 November 2006 The United States has used its Security Council veto to block a U.N. draft resolution condemning a deadly Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. Sponsors of the resolution are planning to take the matter
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 May 2007 Factional fighting in the Gaza Strip has killed 16 people, including eight in one incident when Hamas and Fatah gunmen clashed near a border crossing with Israel. More than 20 Palestinians have died in several days