A human rights group says it has found evidence of huge war profiteering by some of South Sudan’s top political leaders, including the heads of the two sides in the country’s civil war. The rights group’s co-founders, Hollywood star George Clooney and activist John Prendergast, shared the findings Monday at a news conference at Washington’s […]readmore
The Philippine president says he wants all U.S. forces out of his country’s south, where they have been advising local troops battling Muslim extremists. Speaking before newly-appointed government officials Monday, Rodrigo Duterte blamed the U.S. for the restiveness of Muslim militants in the region, marking the first time he has publicly opposed the presence of […]readmore
El presidente ucraniano se quejó de lo difícil que se ha vuelto mantener el apoyo de Occidente en su lucha contra Rusia El presidente ucraniano, Petro Poroshenko, se quejó de lo difícil que se ha vuelto mantener el apoyo de Occidente en su lucha contra Rusia y advirtió que no descarta que ese país les […]readmore
VOA News Horas antes de una prevista reunión al margen de ASEAN en Laos, Duterte llamó «hijo de p…» a Obama. El presidente de Filipinas, Rodrigo Duterte, dijo sentirse arrepentido de su insulto vulgar contra el presidente Barack Obama, que provocó la cancelación de una reunión prevista en Laos entre los dos líderes. En un […]readmore
Jamie Dettmeram VOA News ROME — Just as Islamic State is pushed on its back-foot in Syria and Iraq, the jihadist terror threat is set to become a key factor in a series of national and regional elections across Europe. Some fear that in a feverish pre-election atmosphere in Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands politicians […]readmore
VOA News The Turkish military says two of its soldiers have been killed and five wounded in clashes with Islamic State in northern Syria. The fight took place near the town of al-Rai, on the 14th day of an operation in northern Syria, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News. The soldiers were reported killed when […]readmore
VOA News British radical cleric Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for supporting Islamic State. The 49-year-old has been an outspoken leader of radical Islam for two decades, regularly posting videos on YouTube and protesting outside the U.S. embassy on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but staying within the […]readmore
VOA News Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday that a comment he made involving vulgar language came across as a personal attack against U.S. President Barack Obama. «Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the U.S., with which we have a long standing […]readmore
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Sunday, September 4, 2016, members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force arrested a Providence man for Possession of 23.5 kilograms of narcotics and weapon charges. On September 4, 2015 at […]readmore
Voz de América Carlos Melo, el político detenido, es dirigente del partido Avanzada Progresista. Otro dirigente de oposición venezolano fue detenido este martes, a dos días de una marcha pacífica conocida como «La Toma de Caracas», que busca exigir al gobierno la realización del proceso revocatorio contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro. El consejal Luis Somaza, […]readmore