A trio of U.S. and Russian astronauts have landed on the Kazakhstan steppe after a four-month mission at the International Space Station. The Russian Soyuz capsule, carrying American Joseph Acaba and Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin, touched down Monday. The Soyuz capsules remain the only means of transporting astronauts to the space station since […]
International Space Crew Returns Safely to Earth
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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US Defense Chief Begins Trip Pledging Stronger Ties to Asia
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Japan, where he started a week-long visit to the region pledging to strengthen U.S. ties in Asia. Panetta said before talks Monday with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba that the United States wants to bolster economic and military ties in order to “provide security and prosperity” to the […]
Chicago Teachers Strike to Continue, Mayor to Seek Court Injunction
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 10:55 pm (UTC-5)
The Chicago teachers strike that has shut out 350,000 children from their schools for a week in the third-largest city in the U.S. will continue at least two more days, despite a tentative deal to end the strike. Teachers union president Karen Lewis says members want more time to study the deal. Lewis told reporters […]
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Get US Congress’ Highest Honor
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 9:55 pm (UTC-5)
Nobel Prize-winning Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Monday begins a two-week tour of the United States, where she is to receive Congress’ highest honor. Aung San Suu Kyi will spend the first four days of her visit in Washington — meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and receiving the Congressional Gold Medal. […]
Chicago Teachers Strike to Continue
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
The Chicago teachers strike that has shut out 350,000 children from their schools for a week will continue at least two more days, despite a tentative deal to end the strike. Teachers union president Karen Lewis says members want more time to study the deal. That means students will not return to their classroooms until […]
NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Women
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
The international coalition in Afghanistan has apologized for an airstrike that killed eight civilian women in a remote part of the country. Sunday’s airstrike came shortly before dawn in Laghman province, east of Kabul. Villagers claimed the women were killed while gathering firewood. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force initially said an air strike targeted […]
Witnesses: Al-Shabab Pulling Out of Major Somali Port
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Witnesses say al-Shabab fighters are pulling out of the southern Somali port of Kismayo, the largest city that was still in insurgent hands. Residents tell VOA that al-Shabab leaders already had fled and that their fighters started leaving Sunday after heavy fighting with Somali and Kenyan troops. Dozens were reported killed and the commander of […]
Pakistan Protesters March on US Consulate
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United States have clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators Sunday as they approached the heavily guarded consulate. Karachi police chief Iqbal Mehmood said […]
Pakistan Protesters March on US Consulate
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United States have clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators Sunday as they approached the heavily guarded consulate. Karachi police chief Iqbal Mehmood said […]
Somalia’s New President Inaugurated
Posted September 16th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
“I will not advance a [policy] or try to bring unity by military force or through diplomatic pressure. I want unity based on dialogue, respect and mutual brotherhood,” he said. “We will work to make sure that this unity has foundation and we will teach in primary schools education to our children on the importance […]
