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The Obama administration is promising a review of the airport security procedures after the Christmas day attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight. A Nigerian man suspected of trying to detonate explosives on the plane bound for Detroit has bee
EU Oil Embargo on Iran Goes into Effect Sunday The world runs on oil, much of it transported on ships from countries in the Middle East, including Iran. But the European Union has all but stopped its imports from Iran, and the flow will stop complete
We're seeing a seesaw effect on Wall Street, where the market turned higher at late morning before moving downward again by mid-afternoon. And this on a day that's seen big losses overseas. Major European share markets closed lower today, capping a t
Members of the United Nations Security Council are considering new sanctions for North Korea in reaction to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. 联合国安理会成员国正在考虑对朝鲜实施新的制裁,作为对该国第六次,同时
By Michael Bowman Washington 21 February 2007 The Bush administration is defending the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite the transfer of executive power on the island from ailing president Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul. VOA's Michael Bowman
The government reaffirmed today that oil will continue to leak from a broken well in the Gulf of Mexico at least until August. NPR's Joe Palca has more. Officials from both the federal government and the oil company BP say the only way to stop the fl
Israel is taking its first step toward calming worldwide outrage over its recent raid of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Palestinian officials say Israel is easing its embargo, allowing snack foods and other previously banned items, but Hamas, which runs
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 25 September 2006 Ali Mohamed Gedi The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered interim government is urging the UnitedNations Security Council to act swiftly in lifting a 14-year-old arms embargo on Somalia, so that armed peace
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 21 June 2007 A group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers Thursday introduced legislation that would boost agricultural trade with Cuba and lift the U.S. travel ban to the communist-ruled island nation. VOA's Deborah Ta
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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 November 2006 The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on the United States to end its economic embargo of Cuba. An old car passes next to a billboard in Havana that reads '70 perc
Foreign Ministers from the European Union are divided over whether to lift an arms embargo on Syria in order to help the Syrian rebels. Britain and France want the embargo eased to aide rebels fighting against President Assad's government forces. But
By Noel King Khartoum 12 October 2006 The African Union Mission in Sudan says violence between Darfuri rebels and the Sudan government continues along the Sudan/Chad border. A U.N. panel of experts says that an arms embargo in Darfur is being routin
TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran warned against imposition of possible sanctions, saying that any new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic will scupper the nuclear talks, Press TV reported on Tuesday. Approval of any new sanctions will be tanta
By David Gollust Washington 19 February 2008 The United States said Tuesday there will be no early end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite Fidel Castro's resignation as head of state after 49 years. U.S. officials do not see Raul Castro, th
The European Union has responded with a shrug to Iran's threat to cut off oil exports to some EU members several months before an EU embargo on Iranian oil takes effect. At the same time, Iran has floated an offer to resume talks on its nuclear progr
A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work that they say is inten
By Scott Stearns White House 07 March 2008 President Bush says he will not end the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba until the government there releases all political prisoners. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush
PANAMA CITYU.S. President Barack Obama, after a highly anticipated meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, said the two countries are now in a position to move on a path toward the future. The two met Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of the Summ
Barack Obama and Raul Castro have sparred over human rights and the US trade embargo at a tense press conference on the second day of the US president's visit to Cuba. Mr Obama said Cuba had to make progress on political reform and human rights. Pres