VOA News South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military exercise under the threat of military retaliation by North Korea. About 25,000 U.S. forces and 50,000 South Korean troops are involved in the two-week Operation Ulchi Freedom exercise, which is largely simulated. The annual drills routinely anger Pyongyang, which says it […]readmore
Jill Craig VOA NEWS NAIROBI, KENYA — South Sudan was at the top of the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and foreign ministers from Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, and South Sudan in Nairobi, at the start of a three-country tour. The secretary of state announced the […]readmore
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
Faiza Elmasry BALTIMORE, MD — At Brightwood College in Baltimore, Maryland, Black Girls Vote is reaching out to young eligible female voters, explaining the election process and showing them the connection between their vote and their everyday life. They try to make the point that everything that happens in a community, even basic safety, has a […]readmore
RI – Dr. Stringfellow has served as the Superintendent in South Kingstown since 2009. She previously served as Assistant Superintendent of the Scituate School District. Prior to that she served as the Assistant Superintendent, ESL Director, Director of Gifted & Talented, Title I Director and Principal of the Alternative High School in East Providence. She […]readmore
PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced new federal funding to help fire departments in Lincoln, Narragansett, and Pawtucket purchase new equipment. The funding is made available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The Saylesville Fire […]readmore
NORFOLK – A 2008 Mount Saint Charles Academy High School graduate and Cumberland, Rhode Island native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile cruiser, USS Anzio. Lt j.g. Robert Van Winter is a damage controlman assistant aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. A Navy damage controlman assistant […]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
VOA NEWS WAYNE LEE A massive disaster recovery effort is underway in the southeastern state of Louisiana, as flood victims continue to clean homes, rebuild, and search for people who may have been trapped by widespread flooding. The flooding has been so powerful that caskets have been swept away from some cemeteries. The flooding, which […]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