VOA NEWS A Canadian man previously held on suspicion of terrorist ties was killed in a taxicab in Ontario while on his way to detonate an explosive in a public place, police said Thursday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commander Jennifer Strachan told reporters that Aaron Driver, 24, set off the device in the taxicab Wednesday […]readmore
VOA NEWS American Simone Biles is now officially the best gymnast in the world. Biles on Thursday won the women’s individual all-around contest, while her teammate Aly Raisman took the silver medal. Russian Aliya Mustafina took the bronze. The 19-year-old Biles is now the fourth-straight American woman to win the all-around title and fifth overall, […]readmore
VOA NEWS Wednesday marked the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it proved to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA continued its dominance in swim events Wednesday with Ledecky winning another gold medal and Phelps […]readmore
RIO DE JANEIRO — Still visibly shaken by an attack that took place against the Rio Olympics media bus she was riding Tuesday night, American Lee Michaelson said, “What I saw and what I heard were gunshots.” The retired U.S. Air Force captain, now a journalist covering women’s basketball, said she’s not only had firearms training […]readmore
Wayne Lee -VOA News A U.S. House of Representatives task force has accused leaders of a key military command unit of manipulating intelligence reports to depict more favorable progress in combating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria than warranted. The congressional joint task force, created in response to a whistlerblower allegation, released a report Thursday […]readmore
Young Turks are increasingly taking to studying abroad as Turkey reels from social and economic crisis. «Because of terror attacks, political uncertainty and security concerns in Turkey, the willingness of Turkish students to go abroad has seriously increased,» Rahmi Mesud Yilmaz, a Turkish foreign education consultant, told VOA. The number of students looking to study […]readmore
VOA News GENEVA — Russia is willing to discuss lengthening its daily, three-hour suspension of military action in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, according to U.N. officials who are also investigating reports that a bomb containing chlorine gas was used by the Syrian military in the area. The Russian military on Thursday was set to […]readmore
Joshua Fatzick VOA NEWS Wednesday marks the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it could prove to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA looks to continue its dominance in swim events Wednesday with at least […]readmore
Daniel Schearf VOA MOSCOW—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning to Russia after having received post-coup criticism from the West.In his first trip since the July 15 putsch, he is going to Russia and will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “It’s significant for both because both of them have to bargain hard with […]readmore
Luis Ramirez VOA News LONDON—Human rights groups in Europe are urging Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to exercise restraint as he pushes to implement the death penalty in the wake of last month’s failed coup against him.The call for reinstatement of the death penalty has become frequent in the weeks since the failed coup attempt […]readmore