Bosnian Authorities Arrest Two Suspected IS Members
Police in Bosnia-Herzegovina have arrested two men suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. …
Angry Iranian Farmers March To Protest Water Shortages
Hundreds of farmers have demonstrated in the Iranian city of Isfahan over the lack of water available to irrigate their fields. …
Some Bristle At Iran’s Offer Of Unfiltered Internet To A Select Few
Iranian journalists have criticized a government offer to provide 100 of them with free Internet, saying they’d reject such a privilege because unrestricted Internet is everyone’s right. …
Bolton Takes Helm on US National Security at Time of Tumult
The U.S. military is bracing for a possible strike in Syria. Preparations for a high-risk North Korea summit are barreling forward. The White House staff is on edge, unsure who will be fired next, and when. And the national security team is holding its breath to see whether their new leader will be a shock …
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Exiled Jurists Launch Graft Trial Against Venezuela’s Maduro
Venezuelan jurists who fled their homeland say they will try Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on allegations of corruption and money laundering, based on evidence suggesting he may have sought bribes from the Brazilian construction giant at the center of a regional corruption scandal. The panel calls itself Venezuela’s “Supreme Court in Exile” and is …
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Colombia Says It Fired Head of Post-conflict Fund
Colombia has fired the head of a $500 million fund meant to finance post-conflict programs tied to the country’s peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, after donor countries complained of irregularities and possible corruption. The decision came after the ambassadors of Norway, Sweden and Switzerland wrote a letter to the government expressing concern over a …
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African Soccer Players In Tbilisi Targeted By ‘Racist’ Attack
Georgia’s Interior Ministry says it has launched an investigation into the beating of African men who were playing soccer in the capital, Tbilisi. …
Bomb Attack Kills At Least Six In Western Afghanistan
Reports from Afghanistan say at least six civilians have been killed by a bomb attack near a mosque and a bazaar in western Herat Province. …
Trial Date Set For Man Accused Of Stabbing Ekho Moskvy Radio Journalist
A court in Moscow has scheduled April 18 for the start of a trial for a man accused of stabbing an Ekho Mosky radio journalist in the neck. …
Prosecutors Indict Former South Korean President Lee For Corruption
South Korean prosecutors have indicted former President Lee Myung-bak on charges that include bribery and embezzlement. He is accused of accepting $10 million in bribes from South Korea’s spy agency as well as Samsung. Prosecutors also say Lee embezzled $33 million from a private company he owned. Lee denies any wrongdoing, saying the charges are …
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Researchers Using Blue Light to Accelerate Relaxation After Intense Stress
Spanish researchers have developed a technique to quickly remedy acute psychosocial stress, described as a short-term intense stress that occurs during social or interpersonal relationships caused by a verbal argument. The treatment involves blue, light-emitting diodes. VOA’s Mariama Diallo has more. …
Trump Accuses Putin, Russia, Iran of Enabling Atrocities in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Russia, as well Iran, for enabling an alleged poisonous attack in Syria late Saturday. Syrian activists and medical sources say at least 40 people have died. The suspected chlorine attack came during a government offensive to retake rebel-held areas near Damascus after the …
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Syria Reports Missile Strike On Homs Airfield; U.S. Says Not Conducting Attack
Syrian state media are reporting that “missiles” have struck a military airfield in the center of the country, killing and wounding several people, although U.S. forces say they are not conducting air strikes in Syria. …
Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis
Follow all of the latest developments as they happen. …
Hungary’s Orban Declares Victory In Elections
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s right-wing, antimigrant prime minister, has declared a “historic” victory for his ruling Fidesz party in national elections that handed him his third consecutive term atop the country’s government. …
Majlis Podcast: The Lingering Conflict Along The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
What are the causes of the continued friction along the Kyrgyz-Tajik frontier and what possible solutions are there to these problems? …
Cambodia’s Former Opposition Leader Calls for Election Boycott
Cambodia’s former opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, called on Sunday for Cambodians to boycott a general election set for July 29 if his dissolved party isn’t allowed to take part. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court last November at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, which alleged it …
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Australian MPs to Probe Links to Illegal Ivory Trade
A parliamentary inquiry in Australia is investigating whether the domestic and legal trade in ivory is contributing to the deaths of thousands of African elephants each year. Members of parliament are investigating if lax regulations are allowing recently poached ivory to be passed off as antiques in Australia. It is illegal to import ivory into …
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Pope: ‘Nothing justifies’ Chemical Weapons in Syria
Pope Francis closed his traditional Sunday blessing by saying “nothing can justify” the use of chemical weapons against defenseless populations and called for those responsible for a suspected attack in Syria to seek negotiations. The pope referred to news of dozens killed, including many children and women, in a suspected poison gas attack on …
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Dozens Killed In Alleged Chemical Attack In Syria
Dozens of people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s eastern Ghouta region, opposition activists and rescuers say. …
German Police Still Seeking Motive For Deadly Van Attack
German investigators were trying to work out why a 48-year-old man drove a van into a group of people in the western city of Muenster on April 7, killing two people before shooting himself dead. …
Turkey’s Erdogan Says France Is Abetting Terrorists
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by “hosting them” at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over Paris’s support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Relations between Ankara and Paris have been tense in recent weeks, with France one of the most vocal critics of …
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Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Facing Tornado and Wildfire Threats
Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what’s historically the most active time of year for tornadoes plus wildfire threats brought on by severe drought. April, May and June are the most active months in the U.S. for tornadoes. …
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In Ukraine’s Language Battleground, Some Soldiers Switching Sides
In Ukraine, some Russian-speakers are switching to Ukrainian in a gesture aimed at beating back decades of Kremlin dominance. …