POLITICS
Saudi Arabia agrees plans to move away from oil profits
The Saudi cabinet has approved sweeping economic reforms aimed at moving the country away from its dependence on oil profits. Just over 70% of revenues came from oil last year but it has been hit by falling prices. One part of the plan will see shares sold in state-owned oil giant Aramco to create a sovereign wealth fund....
WAR ON ISIS: Obama marches extra troops into Syria in bid to WIPE OUT sick terror group
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is set to put more American boots on the ground in Syria in a bid to wipe out Islamic State. He is set to announce the decision to send 250 more troops into the war torn country to support local forces, a state official has revealed. The decision comes amid growing hopes that the so-called caliphate, also...
Mexico missing students: Government ‘hampered’ independent inquiry
A panel of international experts investigating the disappearance of 43 Mexican trainee teachers in 2014 says the government of President Enrique Pena Neto has hampered its inquiries. In its scathing final report, the experts also dismissed the conclusions of the official inquiry. They said officials failed to pursue the...
President Sisi urges Egyptians to ‘defend state’ ahead of protests
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has urged citizens to defend the state and its institutions ahead of planned anti-government protests. In a televised speech, Mr Sisi said attempts to destabilize Egypt would not succeed if the country stood united. Security has been stepped up across the country, with officials...
Kurdish PKK warns Turkey of long fight for freedom
The Kurdish rebel PKK movement has told the BBC that it is ready to intensify its fight against Turkey because Ankara is trying to make it surrender. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "escalating this war". "The Kurds will defend themselves to the...
Viewpoint: How would Trump remove 11 million people from the US?
Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is a disturbing question that seems to bring into doubt the very premise of the American experiment. Exactly how would Donald Trump deport 11 million undocumented migrants from the US? Who...
Former US Ambassador to Kabul Reflects on Missed Opportunities
The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. Khalilzad told VOA in an interview Friday that "the two countries need each other and they should cooperate." He said the United States did...
Daughter of Trump shared new photos of her third child
Ivanka Trump shared new adorable Instagram photos of her 4-year-old daughter, Arabella, with husband, Jared Kushner, holding their newborn son, Theodore, on Tuesday, March 29....
List of Trump delegates in Pennsylvania
?PENNSYLVANIA?VOTE #Trump2016 delegates in your congressional district that are below! #PAPrimary #TrumpTrain?????? pic.twitter.com/sxW66hlh5M — Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) 24 апреля 2016...
Charles Koch: Why I Didn’t Try To Stop Donald Trump
Charles Koch says he won’t “put a penny” into trying to stop Donald Trump, that there are “terrible role models” among the remaining Republican presidential candidates, and that his massive political network may decide to sit out of the presidential race entirely. "These personal attacks and...
Obama, Merkel to Discuss Trade, Terrorism, Refugees in Two-Day Visit
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the global economy, terrorism, transatlantic security and many other issues during his two-day visit to Germany. Obama will hold talks with Merkel shortly after he arrives in Hanover on Sunday. After addressing reporters, the two leaders will...
Unlocking Potential
In the driver’s seat of a scuffed yellow forklift, Wade Tate wheels through a vast distribution center on this city’s outskirts, storing inventory – boxes of machine parts or Sterno fuel kits – and fulfilling customers’ orders. With the forklift’s prongs, he selects cardboard cartons, lifts...