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By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 December 2006 Despite a push for a diplomatic breakthrough at the end of 2006, the effort to keep North Korea out of the nuclear weapons club not only did not succeed - it lost ground. In October, the North defied internationa
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 United Nations aid agencies warn North Korea will be facing a major food crisis next spring unless donors support critically needed humanitarian assistance programs. They are appealing to donors to forget poli
By Kurt Achin Mount Kumgang, North Korea 31 October 2006 South Korean leaders have celebrated two massive projects they built in communist North Korea as symbols of peaceful inter-Korean cooperation. The Kaesong Industrial Complex and the Kumgang To
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 01 July 2007 Republic of Congo's President party has won nearly all the seats decided in the heavily criticized first round of last Sunday's parliamentary elections. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa opposition groups
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2007 South Korea is a step closer to having independent control over its military forces in war. Seoul and Washington have finalized a plan giving South Korea command over its forces in the event of a war with North Korea.
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 May 2006 In Egypt, at least 300 pro-reform judges on Thursday stood in silent protest outside the high court, demanding an end to government interference in the judiciary. Several other peaceful protests also took plac
By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 May 2006 Sometimes culture can be the best form of diplomacy. Washington's Ambassador to South Korea takes that notion to heart - and never hesitates to stir up a crowd for the sake of improving relations. --------------------
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 26 May 2006 The number of dead from Wednesday's tanker explosion in northern Benin has risen to more than 60, as many of those who were injured have since died. The accident occurred Wednesday evening, when a tanker truck trans
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 29 March 2007 Pakistan is trying a new approach of negotiations and development projects to secure its volatile tribal regions. But U.S. and Afghan officials are concerned it will not be enough to keep Taleban militants fr
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2006 Kizza Besigye talks on the phone, after he was acquitted of rape charges at High Court in Kampala Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye is challenging the
By Jim Malone Washington 02 January 2007 State Funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral for former President Gerald R. Ford, 2 Jan. 2007 Official Washington bid farewell to former President Gerald Ford on Tuesday. Mr. Ford, the 38th pres
By Catherine Maddux Washington 20 June 2006 Demonstrators stage protest over Darfur in front of White House Activists held rallies in several cities across the United States Tuesday to call for peace in Sudan's western Darfur region. Meanwhile, expe
North Korea has signed what amounts to a nonaggression treaty with 24 nations. The signing took place on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian regional forum in Singapore. Observers are calling the move an important symbolic step for the isolated North
The explosion of piracy off the coast of Somalia in recent years has exposed a weakness in the United Nations maritime law that makes high seas piracy illegal throughout the world. An undated image made available in London, 08 Apr 2009 by Maersk Lin
Building Peace at the Grassroots Level A Christian-based aid organization says if peacebuilding is to succeed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it must begin at the grassroots level. Millions of people have died in the Eastern DRC from nea
Obama, Merkel Discuss Libya, Economy, Mideast Peace Welcoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House, President Barack Obama has hailed the strength of the U.S.-German partnership. On a sunny, hot morning the South Lawn was filled with mi
Asia Floods Take Heavy Toll on Local Economies Floodwaters in central Thailand have inundated industrial parks and manufacturing centers, adding to the mounting economic costs of the disaster. Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are also continuing to tally t
Massive Tropical Storm Brings Death, Flooding to US East Coast Days after withstanding a rare earthquake, large swaths of the densely populated U.S. East Coast have weathered Irene, a once-powerful hurricane later downgraded to a tropical storm. Iren
Egypt Angered by Israel's 'Regret' for Border Guard Deaths Egypt says it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel following Israeli military action that killed three members of Egypt's security forces along the two nations' border. Israel says its mi
US, UN Pledge Action Against North Korea Nuclear Test As crowds in Pyongyang celebrate what North Korean leaders call a successful nuclear test in legitimate self-defense, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the test is a direct challenge to the