Ghana’s new president says his immediate challenge is to get the government to continue working smoothly as rival political parties prepare for December elections. John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s former vice president, took power last month after the unexpected death of his predecessor John Atta Mills. Mr. Mahama told VOA in an interview that the transfer […]
Ghana’s President Focuses On December Elections
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Burma’s President Tells VOA He Will Open Schools for Rohingya
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese President Thein Sein says his government will open schools to improve the education of minority Rohingya Muslims who accuse the majority Buddhist state of persecuting them. In an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun, President Thein Sein said education is an important tool to help different communities live in harmony […]
Ghana’s President Focuses On December Elections
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Ghana’s new president says his immediate challenge is to get the government to continue working smoothly as rival political parties prepare for December elections. John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s former vice president, took power last month after the unexpected death of his predecessor John Atta Mills. Mr. Mahama told VOA in an interview that the transfer […]
British Bank Pays $340 Million to Settle Iran Claim
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
The British bank Standard Chartered agreed Tuesday to pay $340 million to a U.S. financial regulator to settle allegations that it illegally hid $250 billion in transactions with Iranian interests over the last decade. ZStandard Chertered denied the allegations last week when New York state officials accused Britain’s fifth largest bank of being a “rogue […]
US Testing Hypersonic Aircraft
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. military is testing an unmanned aircraft over the Pacific Ocean Tuesday it hopes will go six times the speed of sound. The Air Force said the experimental aircraft — the WaveRider — will be dropped from the wing of a B-52 bomber at an altitude of about 15,000 meters. The test then calls […]
Ex-PM: Syrian Government Near Collapse
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
The former Syrian prime minister who defected to Jordan says President Bashar al-Assad’s government is on the verge of economic and moral collapse and controls no more than 30 percent of the country’s territory. Riad Hijab’s comments came Tuesday in his first public appearance since he defected to the opposition earlier this month. Meanwhile, U.S. […]
Iran Welcomes Foreign Aid for Earthquake Victims
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
Iran says it is now prepared to accept foreign aid for the victims of Saturday’s two earthquakes in the nation’s northwest. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi as saying Iran is ready to receive contributions from other countries. Iran earlier rejected offers of outside help from the United States, Germany, […]
Ukrainian Judge Delays Tymoshenko Trial Until September
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Ukrainian court has again delayed the tax evasion and embezzlement trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A judge Tuesday set the next hearing for September 11 after the 51-year-old opposition leader cited her poor health and refused to appear in court in the eastern city of Kharkiv. ` Tymoshenko’s trial has been delayed […]
US Starts Deportation Reprieve for Young Illegal Immigrants
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United States is starting this week to take applications from young illegal immigrants who want to stay in the country for the next two years, to work and go to school without the threat of deportation. President Barack Obama eased the country’s immigration laws two months ago. Beginning Wednesday, 800,000 or more young people […]
Suicide Attackers, Motorcycle Bomb Kill More than 45 in Afghanistan
Posted August 14th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Suicide attackers and remote-controlled bomb have killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say 36 people died in coordinated suicide bombings Tuesday in the usually peaceful city of Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province in southwestern Afghanistan. More than 70 others were wounded. Officials say most of the casualties are civilians. Security forces […]
