The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes by fighting in the Ituru region in northeastern Democrati...
American economist Paul Krugman won this year's Nobel economics award, the last in a series of 2008 Nobels handed out over the past week. From Paris, ...
For many, this weekend's nuclear compromise between the United States and North Korea brought a sigh of relief that a six nation diplomatic process co...
The opposition filed a new impeachment bid against Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over alleged corruption, but analysts predict the bid ...
Preliminary official results from Lithuania's parliamentary election indicate the main conservative opposition party has won the first round of the fo...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is calling for tough action to stem a surge of terrorist and communal violence that has claimed hundreds of lives...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Monday registered its biggest daily point gain ever, gaining 936 points or 11 percent. VOA's Barry Wood reports that ...
President George Bush says the United States is working with other countries to restore strength and stability to international financial markets. VOA...
World markets are sharply higher amid aggressive multinational efforts to unfreeze credit and reverse the global financial crisis. From Washington, VO...
An organization representing Somali journalists has raised concern with the continued captivity of three freelance journalists - an Australian, a Cana...
