VOA News – By Carla Babb PENTAGON – Three U.S. service members were wounded in an insider attack Monday in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, Army Col. Sonny Leggett, said a member of the Afghan Civil Order Police fired on a military convoy, and that the service members sustained «non-life-threatening injuries.» «The […]readmore
By VOA News The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are expected to feel the effects of Tropical Depression Karen to the islands Tuesday. The National Weather Service warned Monday that Karen was expected to bring flash floods and mudslides to the islands starting Tuesday into Wednesday. Monday evening, Karen was 215 kilometers […]readmore
By VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed any talk about impeachment by some Democrats over reports that he tried to pressure Ukraine’s president to investigate leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Trump told reporters as he arrived at the United Nations that he is not taking such threats «at all seriously.» He also again […]readmore
By VOA News WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Iran’s national bank Friday, further escalating economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. «I think the sanctions work,» Trump said during a joint White House news conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump also said «the military would work, but that is a […]readmore
VOA News By Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON – Security officials these days are anything but shy when they describe the dangers facing the United States in cyberspace. “We’re in the midst, I think we all know, of a global cyber pandemic,” the National Security Agency’s top lawyer warned at a conference last week. And NSA General Counsel […]readmore
By VOA News Why do Americans celebrate Labor Day? Labor Day is a national holiday, created to honor U.S. workers and their contribution to the economy. Many Americans use the day to celebrate the end of summer and would be surprised to know the day has its roots in the labor movement of the late […]readmore
VOA News – By Ken Bredemeier, Chris Hannas Hurricane Dorian battered Grand Bahama Island on Monday as the monster storm virtually stalled, toppling and damaging thousands of homes and sending a «life-threatening storm surge» barreling across low-lying coastal lands. Forecasters called the storm «catastrophic» and «devastating.» They predicted Dorian would continue to pound the island throughout much […]readmore
By VOA News Residentes de Florida buscaron abastecerse de alimentos y agua potable mientras están a la espera del potente huracán Dorian, cuando aún no es claro por dónde tocará tierra durante el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo. El presidente Donald Trump ha dicho que podría ser un «absoluto monstruo», en un video […]readmore
By VOA News Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen into «a major hurricane later today,» the National Hurricane Center said Friday. «Dorian is likely to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane while it moves near the northwestern Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula through the weekend,» the center said. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state […]readmore
VOA News/By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON -The acting U.S. Homeland Security chief on Sunday defended raids last week on food processing plants in Mississippi searching for hundreds of undocumented migrants, but acknowledged «the timing was unfortunate,» just days after a gunman targeted and killed 22 Hispanics in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Kevin McAleenan […]readmore