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European politicians have welcomed the arrest of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is wanted for war crimes committed in Bosnia during the 1990's. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London Karadzic is expected to be extradited to the U.N.
Government officials from more than 30 countries gathered in Hungary Friday for the opening of Central and Eastern Europe's first conference center powered by renewable energy. The building of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Easter
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Israeli Palestinian peace process remains vibrant, even though both sides say they will likely miss their target of signing a peace deal by the end of the year. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Jerusa
Experts Call for Action as Europe's Crisis Festers Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been holding another round of meetings with key European leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Samaras wants more time to implement painful reforms. A
South Korea says North Korea is enhancing its military strength by deploying a new missile and increasing its number of light and mobile elite forces. As analysts warn of an imminent missile test by the North, officials in Seoul say Pyongyang's mili
US Defense Focus on Asia Forces New Thinking in Europe The change of command ceremony for the U.S. Army corps in Europe last month had all the usual pomp and solemnity. But the new commander knew that part of his job would be to cut his combat force
Historic University, City, Prepare for Kerry Speech This international dance group practices in the back of a local coffee shop - in a city that prides itself as being sophisticated and historic. The dances are from countries like Russia or Turkey, n
By Catherine Maddux Washington 10 July 2006 Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is challenging the results of last week's election. He filed a petition following the very narrow, but apparent victory of his conservative oppone
By Lisa Bryant Paris 09 February 2006 Since European newspapers began reprinting editorial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, Europe is finding itself the target of Muslim ire. Muslim protesters chant
By Sean Maroney New York 20 June 2007 In 1967, Israel countered what it saw as a threat of annihilation by its neighbors and defeated three Arab armies in six days. As a result, Israel nearly tripled the terroritory under its control and began an occ
By Paul Sisco Washington 07 March 2007 watch Ethanol Alternative Fuel President Bush speaks to reporters about how cellulosic ethanol can be produced from biomass such as spruce wood chips President Bush leaves this week for a five nation Latin Amer
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 14 April 2006 Nepal's opposition parties have rejected a call by King Gyanendra to hold talks, because, they say, he must first restore democratic freedoms. The king made h
By Phillip Wellman Abidjan 08 November 2007 Leading non-governmental organizations and the United Nations have recently expressed concern over the pace of the peace process in Ivory Coast. But after visiting a community of northerners living in the s
By Noel King Khartoum, Sudan 10 September 2006 American journalist Paul Salopek is on his way back to the United States following his release from jail by the Sudanese government Saturday. Salopek was arrested and charged with spying in early August
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 January 2007 Thousands of families were in Saint Peter's Square Saturday to receive the pope's blessing on the feast day of the Epiphany. At a morning mass the pope said that religious leaders must stress the spiritual
By Lisa Bryant Paris 19 July 2006 Europe is baking under a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring past 36 degrees Celsius in some places. The sizzling weather is blamed for the deaths of at least half a dozen people. But from a very hot Paris,
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 January 2007 US General Burwell Bell (File photo) The commander of the U.S. forces in South Korea says it is probably a question of when, not if, North Korea will test a second nuclear device. He also says the 28,000 U.S. mili
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 01 March 2006 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday to mark the start of the Catholic Church's period of Lent. He said the Christian response to the violence that thre
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 January 2007 The U.N. Children's Fund and Save the Children are demanding that all children associated with armed forces or groups in Somalia must be immediately released from their ranks, or from detention centers where the
Human Rights Watch says at least 10 people are being detained without charges in Ethiopia, following an operation in early 2007 that covertly transferred terrorism suspects between countries in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from