February 9, 2017 0 U.S. Commander In Iraq Predicts Quick Capture Of IS Strongholds The top U.S. commander in Iraq says U.S.-backed forces will recapture Islamic State’s two remaining strongholds within six ...
February 9, 2017 0 Court Pick Called Trump’s Words on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing,’ Democratic Senator Says Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has said he found the president’s attacks on the judiciary “demoralizing ...
February 9, 2017 0 Senate Confirms Sessions as US Attorney General The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Wednesday, after more than a day of heated debate ...
February 9, 2017 0 ‘White Helmets’ Filmmakers Say Trump Travel Ban Hurts Syrian Subjects The makers of Oscar-nominated “The White Helmets,” a film about Syria’s rescue workers, said the ...
February 9, 2017 0 North Dakota Tribe Running Out of Options to Stop Pipeline The leader of a Native American tribe attempting to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline said on Wednesday the Standing Rock ...
February 9, 2017 0 British Court to Rule on Saudi Arms Sales, Amid Accusations of Yemen War Crimes Activists have launched a court action to try to stop the British government from selling arms to Saudi Arabia. Critics accuse ...
February 8, 2017 0 Putin Challenger Navalny Convicted In Retrial Russian anticorruption campaigner and Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny has been found guilty in a politically-charged embezzlement ...
February 8, 2017 0 Date Set For Crimean Journalist’s Trial A date has been set for the high-profile trial of journalist Mykola Semena in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian region of Crimea. ...
February 8, 2017 0 Trump Defends Immigration Order U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his temporary ban on all refugees as well as travelers from seven predominantly Muslim ...
February 8, 2017 0 U.S. Senators Submit Bill Seeking Veto Power Over Trump On Russia Sanctions A group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would hamstring any effort by President Donald Trump’s ...
February 8, 2017 0 Amnesty Warns Russian Law On Domestic Violence Puts Women At Greater Risk Amnesty International says a new law that decriminalizes some forms of domestic violence in Russia poses a greater risk to women. ...
February 8, 2017 0 Boom in Tourists Helping Stabilize China-Vietnam Relations China has emerged as the top single-country source of tourism for Vietnam over the past year, a status that could help broader ...
February 8, 2017 0 Supreme Court Likely Destination for Trump Travel Ban Case A U.S. federal appeals court expects to issue a ruling sometime this week on the government’s request to end a temporary ...
February 8, 2017 0 Lawmakers Propose Paid Family Leave for Workers in US Efforts to pay employees staying home to care for family in the United States got a boost on Tuesday with a legislative proposal ...
February 8, 2017 0 Factory Boss Says Fishing Technology Could Improve Controversial US Border Wall A manufacturing company says skills and technology it developed making lobster traps could help save money on U.S. President ...
February 8, 2017 0 ‘Weak’ Taliban Leadership May Present Opportunity for Peace Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to a new high in 2016 amid the ongoing Taliban insurgency, with 3,500 killed and close to ...
February 7, 2017 0 U.S. Appeals Court To Hold Hearings On Trump Travel Ban A U.S. appeals court will hear testimony on February 7 over whether to restore President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on ...
February 7, 2017 0 Russian Filmmakers Protest Attempts To ‘Censor’ Film About Young Tsar Filmmakers in Russia say a State Duma deputy and Russian Orthodox activists are trying to prevent a romantic film about Tsar ...
February 7, 2017 0 Lavrov Says Trump Position On Ukraine Differs From Obama’s Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he views U.S. President Donald Trump’s opinion about the conflict in Ukraine as ...
February 7, 2017 0 Putin’s Navalny Dilemma The Kremlin appears to have no idea what to do with Aleksei Navalny. They seem afraid to imprison him; they’ve been unable ...
February 7, 2017 0 Putin Signs Law Decriminalizing Some Domestic Violence Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that decriminalizes some forms of domestic violence. ...
February 7, 2017 0 Deadly Suicide Blast Hits Near Kabul Supreme Court Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack near the Supreme Court building in the capital, Kabul, has killed at least 20 people ...
February 7, 2017 0 Melania Trump Lawsuit Says ‘Daily Mail’ Article Cost Her Millions in Business U.S. First Lady Melania Trump has re-filed a defamation lawsuit against the company that publishes the Daily Mail’s ...
February 7, 2017 0 President Trump’s Actions Resonate With Farmers, Workers When VOA first met with Kirkwood, Illinois farmer Wendell Shauman on the presidential campaign trail, one of the big issues for ...