VOA News Thousands of Ukrainians are flocking to the center of the capital city of Kyiv for what opposition leaders expect to be the largest anti-government demonstration since mass protests started...
VOA NewsThailand's prime minister says she is willing to hold a referendum to end the political crisis paralyzing the country and will resign if the vote goes against her. However, Prime Minister...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra proposed a referendum on her future on Sunday and promised to resign if that was what the people wanted, as anti-government protesters...
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says several people have been killed and injured in fighting between rival ethnic groups in the country’s north. Marsabit county governor Ukur Yatani...
The Associated Press BALI (AP)—A deal to boost global trade has been approved by the World Trade Organization’s 159 member economies for the first time in nearly two decades, keeping alive the...
North Korea said he had been released on humanitarian grounds and because he had admitted to his wrongdoing and apologised. US tourist Merrill Newman arrives at Beijing airport on December 7, 2013...
MANAMA, Bahrain — Defense SecretaryChuck Hagel is opening the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to a group of U.S.-friendly Gulf nations. The move is intended to...
WASHINGTON — A surprisingly robust gain in new jobs last month helped drop the unemployment rate to a five-year low, fueling optimism about the nation's economic recovery and raising the...
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By Denise ChowPublished December 06, 2013Space.com An artist's conception of a young planet in a distant orbit around its host star. The star still harbors a debris disk, remnant material from star...
COSTA DO SAUIPE: Brazil will host the greatest ever World Cup football finals next June and July, President DilmaRousseff said as Friday's draw ceremony got under way. "This will be the Cup of...
The drone that spied on bin Laden and on Iran's nukes was just the start. Meet its bigger, higher-flying, stealthier cousin, the Northrop Grumman RQ-180. It's probably been flying for a few years now,...
ATHENS, Greece — Riot police fired small amounts of tear gas Friday during a march of more than 1,500 high school students to mark the fifth anniversary of a fatal police shooting of a teenager....
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has said it was behind an attack on Yemen's defence ministry on Thursday that left 52 people dead. The group's media arm, al-Malahim, said the...
PopeFrancis has set up a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church and give pastoral care to victims, following a recommendation from a council of cardinals he has asked to advise...
Heavy fighting is reported in the capital of the Central African Republic, as the U.N. prepares to authorize deployment of more troops to the troubled country. The initial accounts from Bangui said at...