A court in the Ivory Coast has sentenced two men to prison terms for dumping toxic waste that killed 17 people two years ago in Abidjan. But activists...
British scientists have found a drug used to fight leukemia that appears to stop multiple sclerosis in its early stages and restore lost function to p...
The White House says the U.S. economy is struggling to grow and generate jobs, despite aggressive steps taken by the federal government to prop up fin...
Election officials in several closely-contested states say Democrats are turning out to vote early in greater numbers than Republicans. With 34 states...
U.S. lawmakers have accused major credit rating agencies of serious failures in how they assessed mortgage-backed securities and other investments. Ex...
Pakistan is enlisting local tribal militias in the fight against Islamic militants. A report, first published in an American newspaper article on Thur...
U.S. defense officials responded cautiously Thursday to a report that Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of men in its western region so they...
Pyongyang-based senior U.N. officials are visiting the South Korean capital, to report on North Korea's ongoing food shortage. They say international ...
South Korea is among the nations taking part in this week's Asia-Europe summit in Beijing. Even as the country's president left for the Chinese capita...
It was another down day on Wall Street Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrials lost 514 points amid growing worries of world recession. VOA's Barry Woo...
