VOA News Invoking the "familial spirit" of the Persian new year, U.S. PresidentBarack Obama on Friday called for Iran to free three imprisoned Americans and to help find a fourth who went missing there eight years ago. The Nowruz holiday "is a time for reuniting and rejoicing with loved ones and sharing...
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling The recent attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia's capital was just one of many tipping points in the north African nation's struggle towards democracy and a greater freedom.(1) Already, a radical change is more than just a possibility...it is a...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama traveled Friday from Japan to Cambodia — a journey from one of Asia's richest countries to one of its poorest — as part of a campaign to help millions of girls around the world stay in school. Mrs. Obama arrived in the city of Siem Reap, home...
PATNA, India (AP) — Around 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week, education authorities said Friday. The incident has gotten widespread attention after Indian television footage showed parents and friends of...
Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened to kill “dozens” more of those being held captive. The six-minute clip, which appeared timed to coincide with celebrations for the Kurdish...
This week's bloody attack on tourists in a Tunis museum, coming on the same day the Israeli election results threw up profound new challenges, highlights the immediacy of the choices to be made to help stop the relentless cycle of violence and conflict across the Middle East. In Libya, Syria, Iraq,...
(CNN)It will be a day of heartbreak, sadness and defiance. Pride, milestones and solace. Tunisians will gather Friday to celebrate 59 years since their independence from France. And as citizens mark the milestone, a brazen attack that left 23 people dead two days earlier will not be far from their...
LONGYEARBEN: All eyes will be on the skies on Friday for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands. A partial eclipse of varying degrees should also be visible, weather permitting, across most of Europe, northern...
