An Armenian court last week declared the state-owned Nairit synthetic rubber plant bankrupt in response to a request by the national power utility Electricity Networks of Armenia, which is owed…
continue readingA Pakistani passenger plane carrying 48 people on a domestic flight has crashed on a mountainside in the north of the country, killing all aboard. …
continue readingA Pakistani passenger plane carrying 48 people on a domestic flight has crashed on a mountainside in the north of the country, killing all aboard. …
continue readingNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called for continued diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until Moscow respects a February 2015 agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …
continue readingBritish Prime Minister Theresa May says she hopes to deepen defense cooperation with Persian Gulf countries to “push back Iran’s aggressive regional actions.” …
continue readingAn undersea earthquake off Indonesia’s northern province of Aceh has killed at least 97 people, a military commander says. …
continue readingOn December 8, 1991, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus declared that the Soviet Union had “ceased to exist.” Twenty-five years later, we look back on some key milestones…
continue readingPlans to open a condom factory by one of Russia’s holiest monasteries have been opposed by an Orthodox Christian group. (Video: provladimir.ru) …
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continue readingRussia accused the United States of cancelling a meeting this week to discuss the fate of dwindling rebel forces in Syria’s Aleppo, and declared that fighters who refuse to leave…
continue readingRussia accused the United States of cancelling a meeting this week to discuss the fate of dwindling rebel forces in Syria’s Aleppo, and declared that fighters who refuse to leave…
continue readingFormer Swiss President Samuel Schmid has taken over an International Olympic Committee investigation into doping at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics after a French judge resigned, the committee said on…
continue readingFormer Swiss President Samuel Schmid has taken over an International Olympic Committee investigation into doping at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics after a French judge resigned, the committee said on…
continue readingA florist in Mexico is dependent on U.S. manufacturing companies that have re-located there. A Mexican business owner finds the U.S. more hospitable to his small printing business. International business…
continue readingA florist in Mexico is dependent on U.S. manufacturing companies that have re-located there. A Mexican business owner finds the U.S. more hospitable to his small printing business. International business…
continue readingAt the end of December, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave office after a decade at the helm of the world body. He sat down with VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret…
continue readingPresident Barrack Obama on Tuesday touted his administration’s achievements in combating terrorists. In his final speech on national security delivered at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base, Obama said the United…
continue readingA wearable airbag could help prevent injuries in the elderly and cut treatment costs. More from VOA’s Steve Baragona. …
continue readingPresident Barrack Obama on Tuesday touted his administration’s achievements in combating terrorists. In his final speech on national security delivered at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base, Obama said the United…
continue readingThe Democratic party in the U.S. is looking to regroup following Republican Donald Trump’s victory in last month’s presidential election, which also resulted in continued Republican control of the Senate…
continue readingBecause of wars, poor planning and lack of funds, much of the Arab world suffers from a severe housing shortage. To jumpstart the construction industry, innovators are testing new approaches,…
continue readingOn December 07, 1941, Japan launched a devastating surprise attack against US forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously called it “a date that will live…
continue readingAt least 25 people are dead after a strong earthquake struck Indonesia early Wednesday. Local officials said hundreds more were injured in the Pidie Jaya district on the northern end…
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