VOA NEWS Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday the country’s border region with Syria must be «completely cleansed» of the Islamic State militant group. His comments followed a suicide bombing late Saturday at a wedding in southeastern Turkey that killed at least 51 people. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed Islamic […]readmore
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a child suicide bomber carried out Saturday’s attack on a wedding party in southeast Turkey, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores of others, many of them critically. Erdogan, speaking Sunday, said initial evidence shows the bomber was between 12 and 14 years old. He said Islamic […]readmore
Álvaro Algarra – Caracas, Venezuela Voz de América El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, ha hecho varios llamados a la oposición en días recientes para que no salga a las calles. El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, durante una alocución en cadena nacional de radio y televisión amenazó a todos los ciudadanos opositores que salgan a […]readmore
VOA News The Russian prosecutor general’s office has added two U.S.-based non-governmental organizations to its list of foreign NGOs whose activities are deemed «undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation.» The office said Thursday that the work of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) «poses a threat to […]readmore
Esha Sarai U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Nigeria and Saudi Arabia next week to discuss regional issues, the State Department announced Thursday. Kerry will first go to Nigeria and meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the threat of terror group Boko Haram, spokesman John Kirby said. Boko Haram, the group […]readmore
VOA News Brazilian police say they might charge U.S. Olympic swimmers with vandalism and giving false testimony after the swimmers admitted they fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint. Swimmers Ryan Lochte, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and James Feigen initially told police they were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning on their way back […]readmore
VOA News Vice President Joe Biden warned the Kosovar government Wednesday of the «cancer» of corruption, during his first visit to the Balkans since 2009. «I’m here today to affirm the United States is going to continue to stand with the people of Kosovo on your journey to become a prosperous, peaceful and multi-ethnic democracy,» […]readmore
Sirwan Kajjo VOA NEWS WASHINGTON — Pushed from their strategic stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria in recent days by U.S.-backed forces, retreating Islamic State fighters are scrambling over how and where to next make a stand. Islamic State militants are becoming increasingly trapped in pockets along the Turkish border and are reportedly resorting to desperate […]readmore
VOA News Russian warplanes flew from Iran to carry out airstrikes in Syria for a second day Wednesday. The Russian Defense Ministry said the strikes originating from Hamedan airbase targeted Islamic State militants. The first round of airstrikes Tuesday were aimed at Islamic State as well as the jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly […]readmore
VOA News A Brazilian judge ordered Wednesday that American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen not leave the country, stating that they gave conflicting testimonies regarding a robbery earlier this week. Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers said they were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday by thieves posing as police officers who stopped their […]readmore