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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 28 February 2006 The Kremlin's hand-picked prime minister of Chechnya has submitted his resignation, clearing the way for a possible replacement by acting prime minister, and lo
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 20 February 2007 Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri has arrived in the Indian capital for talks as both countries vow not to let terrorist attacks undermine an ongoing peace process.Anjana Pasricha reports for VO
AS IT IS 2013-05-21 Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif Faces Major Tests as Prime Minister From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we go to Pakistan, where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces major tests as he takes command of
U.S. President George Bush welcomed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nassar al-Muhammad al-Sabah to the White House Friday. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush meets with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nassar al-Mu
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 January 2008 The British prime minister has wrapped up a two-day visit to India with a call for sweeping reform of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank. As Anjana Pasricha reports from N
By Meredith Buel Washington 20 March 2006 Afghanistan's foreign minister says there are Taleban training camps across the border in Pakistan that are sources of terrorism and instability inside his co
India's new home minister, appointed in the wake of the Mumbai terror siege, is admitting security failures in preventing the attack and says there must be a fundamental change in attitude in the country to effectively fight terrorism. Just days aft
Former British Prime Minister Calls for Increased Investment in Sierra Leone Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he came to Sierra Leone to follow up on his initiatives to help the country. This is all part of the initiative we have here in
Protesters Join Funeral of Former British Prime Minister As the funeral procession made its way to the cathedral, opponents of Thatcher lined the route... Turning their backs on her coffin as it made its way through central London. They chanted waste
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A couple of years ago, analysts thought that Britain's Labour Party had sealed its doom. The party chose as its leader Jeremy Corbyn - a fringe politician considered much too far left to ever become prime minister. DAVID GREENE,
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now to Jordan. Today the prime minister resigned, pressured by the biggest nationwide protests the country has seen in years. NPR's Jane Arraf sent this report from the Jordanian capital, Amman. (CHANTING) JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Jorda
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 04 April 2006 Dao Dinh Binh (File photo - Dec. 4, 2003) Vietnam's transportation minister has resigned to take responsibility for a huge gambling scandal, and a vice minister
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 17 July 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Political pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is growing in Washington as well as Baghdad. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from Iraq that the coming weeks
By David Gollust State Department 03 January 2008 Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalgam met Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other officials Thursday in a meeting underlining an improving bilateral relationship. The U.S. side raised hum
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 January 2007 Pakistan and India held talks to review progress in their slow-moving three-year-old peace dialogue Saturday. As VOA's Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad, there were no major breakthroughs, but both sides
By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 September 2007 South Korea has announced it will include its minister of defense in an entourage traveling to North Korea for their summit meeting next month. This will be the first such defense visit since the end of the Korea
By Catherine Makino Tokyo 19 September 2007 The two candidates to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe played down their differences in a subdued news conference in Tokyo. They say they are confident they can win parliament's approval to extend
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 08 February 2008 Thailand's new prime minister, Samak Sundarawej, says the United Nations should step up contacts with Burma's military leaders. The Thai leader said the U.N. Secretary-General should visit Rangoon and use Thai
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 September 2006 Manmohan Singh Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned of more terror attacks in the country, possibly targeting economic, religious and nuclear sites. The Indian leader is calling on regional g
Pansy Wong has resigned as from her job as Cabinet Minister. She was Minister of Womens Affairs, and Minister of Ethnic Affairs. She resigned because her husband has been getting cheap international travel through her office for his business trips. M