The third full day of competition at the London Summer Olympics has ended, with China dominating men’s gymnastics and leaving the highly touted U.S. team empty-handed. China overcame a disastrous qualifying round to win the men’s gymnastics competition Monday by a wide margin over Japan. But the biggest cheers from the crowd in London went […]
China Dominates Men’s Gymnastics; France, US Win Swimming Gold
Posted July 30th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
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200,000 Syrians Flee Aleppo as Rebels, Troops Clash
Posted July 29th, 2012 at 10:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. humanitarian chief says fighting between Syrian troops and rebels in the country’s largest city, Aleppo, has forced 200,000 people to flee the area over the past two days. Valerie Amos said in a statement Sunday the fighting is making it hard for humanitarian agencies to provide displaced residents with urgently needed food, mattresses, […]
US, France Win Swimming Gold
Posted July 29th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
American swimmer Dana Vollmer took the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter butterfly in world record time Sunday at the London Summer Olympics. Vollmer, the reigning world champion, swam the 100 meters in just 55.98 seconds. China’s Lu Ying won the silver and Alicia Coutts of Australia took the bronze. In the men’s swimming 4×100 […]
Romney: US Has a Solemn Duty to Stop Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Posted July 29th, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the United States has a “solemn duty and moral imperative” to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons. Romney said during a visit to Israel Sunday that Iran is a country whose leaders have denied the Holocaust and say they want to wipe Israel off the map. He said the […]
Syrian Forces Intensify Assault in Aleppo
Posted July 28th, 2012 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
Intense shelling and mortar rounds rocked Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo on Saturday as security forces stepped up assaults on rebel positions. Opposition activists say troops with tanks and helicopter gunships have pounded neighborhoods with rebel strongholds. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 29 people were killed in Saturday’s unrest in the […]
Surprises, Upsets at Saturday’s Olympic Games
Posted July 28th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Athletes at the Summer Olympic Games in London are getting down to business on Saturday, following Friday evening’s lavish opening ceremony. China earned the first gold medal of the Games when Yi Siling won the women’s 10-meter air rifle competition, while competitive shooter Bahai al-Hamad became the first woman from Qatar to participate in the […]
London Readies For Olympic Games Opening
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC-5)
London is welcoming around 10,000 athletes, hundreds of thousands of visitors and a worldwide television audience for the formal opening of the Olympic Games Friday. Organizers have dealt with a series of last-minute problems, including scrambling to deploy enough security personnel, after a private contractor reported problems putting together a large enough force. Britain’s Queen […]
Pakistan Temporarily Shuts NATO Supply Route
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials have temporarily shut the country’s northwestern border into Afghanistan due to security concerns, following a deadly attack on a NATO truck earlier this week. A local official in the town of Jamrud, Bakhtiar Khan, told VOA Thursday that the movement of NATO supply vehicles into Afghanistan from the Khyber tribal agency has been […]
North Korea Identifies Kim Jon Un’s Mystery Companion as His Wife
Posted July 25th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea has confirmed its leader Kim Jong Un is married, ending weeks of speculation about the identity of a woman who has accompanied him to recent public events. State media reported that Mr. Kim and “Comrade Ri Sol Ju” toured a newly-built amusement park Wednesday in Pyongyang. It was the first time North Korean […]
Battles Rage in Syrian Cities of Aleppo, Damascus
Posted July 25th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Syrian opposition activists say security forces have used attack helicopters and machine guns to pound targets in Damascus suburbs and Aleppo on Wednesday in an bid to oust rebels. Activists say rebels set fire to a police station near Aleppo. They also say clashes and heavy shelling have continued in regions including Homs, Hama and […]
